Inside Singapore’s Border Drug Checks: Woodlands Checkpoint And Labs Tracking New Synthetic Drugs

Every day, thousands of shipments cross the Woodlands Checkpoint—one of the busiest land crossings in the world. But how do authorities catch drugs specifically engineered to evade the law? See how the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) works alongside scientists from HTX (Home Team Science and Technology Agency, using cutting-edge technology to unmask "designer drugs" that have been chemically modified to exploit legal loopholes. WATCH MORE Drugs 2.0 Part 1: https://youtu.be/GNrXixOFUHE Part 2: https://youtu.be/Qakulukk6rk 00:00 Intro 00:16 Woodlands Checkpoint: Swaps and checks 00:36 How a lab at Woodland Checkpoint provides real-time results 01:38 The tech behind the drug detection 02:10 What are New Psychoactive Substances (NPS)? 02:27 Challenges with enforcing NPS 03:07 Singapore's national facility testing for NPS ===== About the show: New Psychoactive Substances are created in labs by modifying the chemical structure of traditional illicit drugs to circumvent drug laws. CNA investigates the science behind this emerging class of drugs. ========== #CNAInsider #Drugs2.0CNA #Drugs #DrugAddiction #Dangerous #Singapore #Asia For more, SUBSCRIBE to CNA INSIDER! https://cna.asia/insideryoutubesub Follow CNA INSIDER on: Telegram: https://t.me/CNAInsiderSG Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnainsider/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnainsider/ Website: https://cna.asia/cnainsider