A multi-agency action team consisted of CNB, ICA, Singapore Customs, Health Sciences Authority, SFA and Bedok Police Division was formed to specifically target illegal activities in Geylang.

The five-day law enforcement action last week lead to the investigation of 54 individuals and 20 men were arrested. The suspects are believed to be involved in trafficking in illegal drugs, illegal gambling, operating entertainment venues without a license, illegally selling second-hand goods, and violating safety distances.

Geylang

Among those that are under investigation, 9 of them were caught for violating the HSA regulations and customs act, authorities seized cough syrups, aphrodisiacs and other illegal drugs, with a total value of more than SGD$26,000.

The police also raided two units in Geylang Lorong 13 and arrested 19 men aged between 20 and 59 on suspicion of violating the Gambling act The police seized SGD$700 in cash, computers and gambling equipment.

The SFA also carried out enforcement actions against illegal stalls at Geylang Lorong 16. Three men aged between 52 and 67 years old were fined for selling second-hand clothing in public places without applying for a license. The items were confiscated.

Ubi

An illegal entertainment venue on Ubi Ave 3 was also caught for operating with 15 men and 8 women between the ages of 20 and 50. One of the men who is believed to be running the place was arrested and currently under investigation.

At one point in your career, one would often think is earning more happiness or living a peaceful life having good job happiness. Everyone has a different point of view. A girl posted her story online claiming her displeasure with her partner just because the guy wants to be happy.

Here is the story:

Can anyone give me advice how to deal with an unambitious partner?

Don’t get me wrong, my boyfriend is not some lazy bum who is jobless and sits at home doing nothing. We both have been working for 3 years and he is an executive at some MNC.

We are currently earning about 4.5k each. He is an unambitious and lowkey guy at work who just does enough to keep his job but doesn’t aim for more. Once, his boss wanted to put him on the company’s leadership track but he rejected. He has also been approached by a headhunter offering him a higher paid but more intensive job and he rejected as well.

The reason he gave is that he just wants an easy life at work (which he currently is) and doesn’t want more stress. After work, he just comes home to relax and play games, netflix etc while I see some of my friends around my age who are taking part time masters/ online courses or doing side hustles etc. Character wise, he has everything a girl can ask for in a partner- kind, caring, fillial, humorous and considerate.

But his unambitious side is really what kept bugging me. Given his credentials- FCH, high IQ, good ppl skills and he can speak well professionally, I know he has the potential to achieve so much more.

Now he’s just putting his career on autopilot simply put. I know it’s hard to change a person’s nature but should I just accept him for who he is? I know that if I settle with him, I will always live with the idea that he could have achieved much more but never went out to.

Johnson Yap, 49-years-old, pleaded guilty to one charge of driving without reasonable consideration and was sentenced on 2 July to 26 weeks jail and banned from driving for 8 years.

He was speeding at twice the road limit and crashed into a cyclist, killing him.

What happened?

Yap was driving along Tampines Avenue 3 on 21 November 2019.

He overtook a bus and sped down a few lanes, before coming to the pedestrian crossing where the 64-year-old victim was cycling and crossing the road.

Yap was driving at about 95kmh at the time and the speed limit was 50kmh.

He saw that the traffic light was green so he continued speeding, when he noticed the victim crossing.

He immediately braked but couldn’t stopped his car in time, and crashed into the victim, who was flung onto his car’s windscreen before landing on the road.

The impact was so great that the victim’s bicycle seat was ripped off and the handlebars dislodged.

The victim suffered an extensive skull fracture, a broken ankle and a deformed shin.

He later died from his injuries.

Image source: SG Road Vigilante – SGRV

On June 21, 2021, officials from the ICA’s Pasir Panjang Scanning Station thwarted an attempt to smuggle duty-free cigarettes hidden within a shipment of tyres labeled as “vehicle accessories.”

ICA officials sent the cargo for supervised unstuffing at the importer’s facilities after seeing certain abnormalities in the scanned picture of a 40ft shipping container, and duty-unpaid cigarettes were discovered concealed in the tyres.

A total of 530 packages equivalent to 10,600 sticks of duty-unpaid cigarettes were confiscated and the matter was forwarded to Singapore Customs for further investigation.

Images source: ICA