“Devious Plot Unravels: Husband’s Failed Framing of Wife Leads to His Shocking Arrest!”
A man got arrested after trying to incriminate his estranged wife by planting 11 packets of cannabis in her car
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After consulting lawyers, the IT manager concluded that they could get a divorce if his then-wife was found guilty of a criminal offense.
The two had accumulated debt during their marriage, which had become unmanageable to Tan. He thought his former wife “had not contributed” much to the finances of their relationship, and he wanted to punish her for it.
The man confided his intentions to another woman, an ex-girlfriend, via Telegram. On October 14, 2023, he told her he had been planning “the perfect crime” and that it would not be traced to him, as per Channel News Asia.
He also told her he had spent “quite a bit” on it, and he was “not sure” if it’d result in his then-wife being on the news.
Tan Xianglong, a 37-year-old Singaporean, was sentenced to three years and ten months in jail for one count of possessing at least 216g of cannabis
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Two days later, he contacted a local dealer and bought a “brick” of cannabis, the cheapest drug they sold.
The drugs cost him S$2,600 (US$1,997). Tan didn’t have the money, so he asked a friend to transfer the payment to the dealer.
The cannabis weighed 510g. From his online research, Tan knew that his then-wife would face the death penalty if she were convicted of trafficking more than 500g of marijuana.
