Drugs worth about $45,000 seized in an operation conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) earlier this week. The bureau said that a 38-year-old Singaporean male suspected drug trafficker was arrested in the late hours of Tuesday (16 April) in the vicinity of Woodlands Street 13, however, the suspect resisted arrest violently and necessary force was effected to place him under …

A construction company was fined S$42,000 earlier on 2 April 2019 for damaging a water main located at a construction site at River Valley Green, which led to a loss of approximately 1.5 million litres of potable water, equivalent to slightly more than half the size of an Olympic swimming pool. ​​ National water agency PUB stated in a press …

Moderate to heavy short-duration thundery showers are expected between the late morning and afternoon on six to eight days in the second half of April 2019. Met Service stated in a press release on Wednesday (17 April) that the prevailing inter-monsoon conditions in Singapore and the surrounding region are expected to persist through May 2019. During the inter-monsoon period, Met …

Traffic flow through the land checkpoints at Woodlands and Tuas is expected to be heavy in the lead-up to and during the Good Friday weekend, from Thursday (18 April) to Sunday (21 April). The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) added in a press release on Friday (12 April) that the traffic is expected to be particularly heavy between 18 and …

A mother and her son were charged in court on Friday (12 April) for several offences involving faking the woman’s death to obtain insurance and CPF claims. According to the Singapore Police Force (SPF), more than $3.7 million in claims were made. AXA lodged a Police report on 13 November 2018 after detecting some irregularities in the documents relating to …

Tobacco retail licences of four errant tobacco retailers were suspended by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) for selling cigarettes to persons under the Minimum Legal Age (MLA) of 19 years. HSA said in its press release on Tuesday (16 April) that the retailers were caught via HSA’s ground surveillance and enforcement activities to deter the illegal sale of tobacco products …

17 cases of a scam involving scammers posing as interested buyers of old currency notes were reported to the Police since January 2019, with at least $44,000 cheated. According to the Singapore Police Force, the scammers would either send a friend request on Facebook or request to follow victims, who are sellers of old currency notes, on Instagram. Then after …

Ten unlicensed massage establishments were detected during a series of enforcement operations conducted by the Police against massage establishments, vice and illegal gambling activities along Balestier Road, Upper Paya Lebar Road, Upper Thomson Road, Macpherson Road, Outram Road, Toa Payoh and Orchard areas from 8 to 14 April 2019. Two licenced massage establishments were also found to have contravened licensing …

29 men and three women, aged between 39 and 79, were arrested for their suspected involvement in illegal horse betting activities. Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department and the seven Police land divisions conducted an island-wide operation at multiple locations including Jurong West, Chai Chee and Hougang on 14 April 2019. According to the police, cash amounting to about S$12,490, …

A 35-year-old Singaporean man was charged in Court on Monday (15 April) for providing money to support ISIS’ propaganda efforts for terrorist purposes, an offence under section 4(b) of the Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act, Chapter 325. The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) stated in a press release that Imran Kassim, a managing director of a logistics company, has been …