Singapore jails man who planted cannabis in estranged wife's car

The man hid cannabis in his wife's car in an attempt to frame her in the "perfect crime".

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Tan Xianglong, 37, planted what he thought was more than half a kilo of cannabis between the rear passenger seats of his wife's car, assuming it was enough to warrant the death penalty for drug trafficking.

Singapore has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, which the government says are necessary to deter drug-related crimes.

Less than half of the substance Tan planted turned out to be cannabis, though. The rest was filler.

Tan "intended to scare the involved party and to also get her in trouble with the law," according to court documents.

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