新加坡：周五（10月2日），一名男子因进口并吸食含依托咪酯的电子烟弹而被判处三年监禁及五下鞭刑。他由此成为新加坡《毒品滥用法》实施以来首位因进口依托咪酯而被定罪量刑的人。
SINGAPORE: A man was sentenced to three years’ jail and five strokes of the cane on Friday (Oct 2) for importing and consuming etomidate vape pods, making him the first etomidate importer to be convicted and sentenced under Singapore's Misuse of Drugs Act.
2月6日，彭瑞成驾车从马来西亚进入新加坡时，新加坡移民与检查站管理局的执法人员对其车辆进行了搜查。
Png Swee Sheng was driving from Malaysia into Singapore on Feb 6 when Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers searched his vehicle.
在其租用的汽车后备箱中，发现了两个标有“洗衣液粉”字样的包裹，里面装有两台电子烟装置及210个电子烟弹。新加坡卫生科学局随后进行的实验室检测证实，其中208个烟弹内含有依托咪酯。
Two packages labelled as laundry detergent powder that contained two vaporisers and 210 vaporiser pods were found in the boot of his rental car. Laboratory tests by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) later confirmed that 208 of the seized pods contained etomidate.
调查显示，大约一个月前，彭瑞成收到了一位绰号为“Pod”的熟人通过Telegram发来的信息，对方邀请他负责将Kpod电子烟弹运入新加坡。
Investigations revealed that about a month earlier, Png had received a Telegram message from an acquaintance known as "Pod", who offered him a job delivering Kpods into Singapore.
据法庭文件显示，这名39岁的新加坡男子明知Kpod电子烟弹在新加坡属于违禁品，但因急需用钱，便接受了这份报酬在500至800新元之间的工作。2月6日凌晨4点左右，彭瑞成按照“Pod”的指示前往柔佛州新山的正大广场取货，对方还称他入境新加坡后会告知具体的送货细节。
The 39-year-old Singaporean man was promised between S$500 (US$390) and S$800 for the delivery. He agreed to the arrangement because he needed money, despite knowing that Kpods were illegal in Singapore, court documents said. At about 4am on Feb 6, Png drove to R&F Mall in Johor Bahru on "Pod's" instructions to collect the items. He was told that further details about the delivery would be provided after he entered Singapore.
然而，彭瑞成抵达新加坡的兀兰检查站后即遭逮捕。据新加坡卫生科学局发布的新闻稿称，他于2月10日被指控进口依托咪酯电子烟弹。
However, he was arrested upon arrival at Woodlands Checkpoint and subsequently charged by HSA for the import of etomidate vaporiser pods on Feb 10, the authority said in a press release.
实验室检测还证实，彭瑞成本人也吸食过依托咪酯。他承认在进入新加坡前曾在上述商场内吸食过该物质。
Laboratory tests also found that Png had consumed etomidate. He admitted to doing so at the mall before entering Singapore.
依托咪酯是一种麻醉剂，常被用于制作Kpod电子烟弹。为应对日益严重的依托咪酯滥用问题，新加坡政府于2025年9月将其列为《毒品滥用法》中的C类管制药物。
Etomidate - an anaesthetic agent that has been found in Kpod vapes - was listed as Class C controlled drug in the Misuse of Drugs Act in September 2025 to deal with the growing issue of etomidate abuse.
今年3月颁布的法律将乙咪酯列为《烟草与电子烟管控法》所规定的特定精神活性物质，此举大幅提高了在新加坡持有、使用、进口及销售电子烟的最高刑罚。
It was later listed as a specified psychoactive substance under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act under laws passed in March this year, significantly raising the maximum penalties for possessing, using, importing and selling vapes in Singapore.
新法律于5月1日正式生效后，乙咪酯便从《毒品滥用法》的管制清单中移除。
After the new laws took effect on May 1, etomidate was delisted from the Misuse of Drugs Act.
任何因进口乙咪酯而被定罪者，将面临3至20年监禁以及5至15下鞭刑。
Those convicted of importing etomidate face between three and 20 years' jail and five to 15 strokes of the cane.