Man jailed, fined after airsoft pistol, explosive found in his flat
When officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau visited a drug offender's Yishun flat on Sept 16, 2015, he told them he had nothing to surrender.
But they found an airsoft pistol, seven ammunition cartridges, a packet of cannabis and an explosive known as R-Candy.
Odd-job worker Kang Chun How, 23, was sentenced to 11 months' jail and a fine of $9,000 yesterday after pleading guilty to being in possession of the illegal items and a count of consuming cannabis.
Kang claimed he got four of the cartridges from his seniors when he was a secondary school student. He claimed he got the other three from a friend. He was unable to provide contact details.
Investigations revealed he had been in possession of the airsoft pistol since 2012.
His lawyer, Mr Lee Wei Liang, told District Judge Sandra Looi that his client had bought it from a website out of curiosity. He dismantled it to find out how it worked and put it away after fiddling with it for several months.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Kumaresan Gohulabalan said the bottle marked R-Candy had 55g of white substances, found to include potassium nitrate and sucrose.
Kang learnt how to make R-Candy or "rocket candy" online, the court heard.
Mr Lee said Kang had no use for it and could not find time to dispose of it.
He said: "When the authorities seized the R-Candy, a considerable amount of time had elapsed and the moisture in the air would have rendered the R-Candy impotent..."
Kang is now out on bail of $30,000. He was ordered to surrender himself at the State Courts on Oct 4.
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