Two male suspected drug offenders, aged 24 and 25, were arrested for being in possession of a firearm and consorting with a person carrying arms respectively in a joint operation mounted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on 8 and 9 October 2019. In a press release on Wednesday (9 October), the bureau stated …

The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) has called for the recall of King Arthur Flour Unbleached All-Purpose Flour due to the potential presence of E. coli O26. According to SFA, the United States of America Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) had published an alert on the recall of the product and as there is an import of the implicated product into …

Sin Eng Cleaning Services Pte Ltd was fined $190,000 on Tuesday (24 September) under section 12(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act (WSHA) for failing to take adequate safety measures to ensure the safety of an employee who was performing tree cutting work. In a press release on Wednesday, the Ministry of Manpower (MOM) stated that in early August …

Free disposal and early disposal incentives of $100 per registered e-scooter will be made available to encourage Personal Mobility Device (PMD) owners to dispose of their non-UL2272 devices early. In a press release on Friday (20 September), the Land Transport Authority (LTA) stated that the government announced in August 2019 that the deadline for PMDs to comply with the UL2272 …

An assortment of drugs estimated to be worth S$78,000 was seized and five suspected drug offenders arrested, including a young suspected drug trafficker dealing in a large amount of cannabis in two separate operations conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) on 19 September 2019. According to the bureau, CNB officers deployed in the vicinity of Woodlands Avenue 6 spotted …

Officers of Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) at Changi Airfreight Centre intercepted a consignment of 31 parcels containing 27 sets of electronic vaporisers (e-vaporisers) and 400 pieces of related accessories, which are prohibited in Singapore, on 9 September 2019 at about 1 pm. In a joint press release on Wednesday (18 September), ICA and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) revealed that …

Four men were arrested and 1,390 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized during an operation in an industrial building in Tuas Bay Close earlier on 27 August 2019. Singapore Customs revealed in a press release on Tuesday (3 September) that its officers had noticed a Malaysia-registered tipper truck parked in a warehouse unit during the operation, which was suspected to …

A total of 5,599 cartons and 9 packets of assorted duty-unpaid cigarettes were discovered hidden in boxes and concealed in the cargo of fibre sponge mattresses at Tuas Checkpoint on 29 August 2019 at about 5.45 am. Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) releasing details of the case, stated that its officers, in collaboration with Singapore Customs, had stopped an arriving …

ECO Special Waste Management Pte Ltd (“ECO SWM”) was fined $230,000 on Tuesday (20 August) for an offence under section 12(1) of the Workplace Safety and Health Act for failing to take reasonably practicable measures to ensure the safety and health of its employees at its hazardous waste treatment facility at 23 Tuas View Circuit. In a press release on …

Hong Kong student leaders on Thursday announced a two-week boycott of lectures from the upcoming start of term, as they seek to keep protesters on the streets and pressure on the government. The financial hub has been rocked by three months of unrest, with students making up a large number of the pro-democracy protesters taking to the streets almost daily. …