By Jessica Jaganathan

FOUR people are being investigated here for peddling drugs illegally online in the past week during a sting operation to curb a growing online drug trade.

It was part of a global effort led by Interpol, the World Health Organisation and an international enforcement forum and was carried out over five days to weed out an increasing number of websites selling prescription drugs or health products containing ingredients of prescription drugs.

Singapore was one of 24 countries which took part in 'Operation Pangea II'-which has snared 22 people worldwide so far this week.

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