A 23-year-old Malaysian woman, who was driving alone in the car, was arrested in the incident at 8pm.

The Straits Times (ST) reported that the drugs totalling 208kg were found by Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers who spotted a bundle inside the rear passenger seat cup holder while inspecting the Malaysian-registered car.

The woman was arrested and the case handed over to the republic’s Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for further investigations, the ST report said.

In a joint statement today, ICA and CNB said Singapore’s borders were the first line of defence in safeguarding the country’s security.

“The Home Team agencies will continue to conduct checks on passengers and vehicles at the checkpoints to prevent attempts to smuggle in undesirable persons, drugs, weapons, explosives and other contrabands,” the statement said.