Tan Xianglong, 37, assumed that the amount of cannabis he put between the back passenger seats of his wife’s car was sufficient to bring him to justice for drug trafficking and planted what he believed to be more than half a kilogram of the plant.
The government of Singapore claims that in order to prevent drug-related crimes, the country has some of the strictest anti-drug legislation in the world.
However, less than half of the material Tan planted was indeed cannabis. The remainder served as filler.
According to court documents, Tan “intended to scare the involved party and to also get her in trouble with the law.”
He realized that if his strategy worked, the involved party would be falsely caught and charged with a significant offense.
For possessing cannabis, he was given a sentence of three years and ten months in prison on Thursday. The court also took into account an additional accusation of unlawful evidence planting.
After being married in 2021, Tan and his spouse parted ways a year later. Since divorce in Singapore is only permitted for couples who have been married for at least three years, they were unable to file for one.
Tan thought that if his wife had a criminal history, he might be able to get an exception to that prohibition.
Last year, he claimed to have planned the “perfect crime” to incriminate his wife in Telegram conversations with his lover.
