Crime

A 25-year-old male Indian national was found hidden in a luggage compartment of a registered bus at the Tuas checkpoint, after an officer at the checkpoint, stopped a departing Malaysia-registered bus driven by a male Malaysian for checks at the checkpoint on 14 October 2018 at about 9.20 pm. Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) shared that the officer then spoke to the …

A 21-year-old man was arrested for suspected importation and possession of counterfeit bags, wallets and watches for the purpose of trade, Singapore Customs (SC) announced in a joint press release with Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Monday (15 October). In the release, it was said that SC officers inspected two consignments at a warehouse at Woodlands Industrial Park and found …

Four Chinese nationals, were arrested in separate operations on 8 October 2018 for selling duty-unpaid cigarettes via the WeChat mobile app. In a press release on Thursday (11 October), Singapore Customs (SC) stated that its officers arrested the first man in Bedok Reservoir Road. The man was carrying a paper bag containing 10 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes. Investigations revealed that …

In a Facebook post on Tuesday (9 October), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) shared a case where a 56-years-old male Malaysian work permit holder was found to smuggle 6 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes. It stated that the man was compounded $1,800 for committing the customs offence. ICA then said that its officer at Woodlands checkpoint detected anomalies in the scanned image of a …

27 men and four women, aged between 45 and 78, were arrested for their suspected involvement in illegal horse betting activities via an islandwide operation conducted on 7 October 2018. In a press release on Tuesday (9 October), the Singapore Police Force revealed that officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the six Police land divisions conducted raids at …

Artist Seelan Palay, who performed an art piece called “32 Years: The Interrogation of a Mirror” at Hong Lim Park about a year ago, was sentenced to a S$2500 fine after being found guilty of conducting a procession without a permit under the Public Order Act (POA). He was then sentenced to serve 2 weeks of imprisonment yesterday (3 Oct) after …

A 63-year-old woman was fined $7,000 for illegally importing 490 pieces of embryonated duck eggs into Singapore. In a joint press release on Wednesday (3 October), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA)  and Agri-Food & Veterinary Authority of Singapore (AVA) stated that ICA officers detected 490 eggs, weighing a total of 78.4kg, in two styrofoam boxes while conducting checks on Le’s …

It was reported that Indian national Nagarajan Balajee, 35, was arrested and charged in court yesterday (2 Oct), for threatening to publish defamatory libel about StanChart’s global head of digital banking and retail, Aalishaan Zaidi, unless Mr Zaidi gave him $500,000 in cash. Nagarajan allegedly committed the offence on the morning of 27 Sept at Standard Chartered office in Changi …

In a press release on Thursday (27 September), The Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) revealed that 3,500 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes concealed in the consignment were uncovered at Tuas checkpoint. ICA shared that its officer had directed an arriving Malaysia-registered refrigerated lorry, driven by a 37-year-old Malaysian man, for further checks at Tuas checkpoint, who was accompanied by a 25-year-old Malaysian man …

A staff sergeant with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) was charged on Thursday (27 September) with 33 charges, including 13 counts of wrongful communication of information under the Official Secrets Act, and four counts of corruptly accepting sexual gratification under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) shared that Chin Peng Sum, 51, was charged with four …