According to a media release by the CNB, an operation was conducted earlier today(3rd December 2019) at Bukit Batok West Avenue 5.
The officers were able to arrest a 38-year-old Singaporean right after he stepped out of a private hire car.
Drugs found on the suspect
385g of ‘Ice’
32g of heroin
100 ‘Ecstasy’ tablets
50 Erimin-5 tablets
A small amount of cannabis
According to CNB, the drugs found was worth S$43,000
Weapon found on the suspect
A bladed weapon which resembles a bamboo knife, quick google research shows that this kind of Bamboo knife is meant for concealment as it would appear as a regular bamboo stick when sheathed. This kind of knife is typically made in Thailand.
Simultaneous arrest at Woodlands
A 31-year-old Malaysian was also arrested at Woodlands Circle and S$5,300 was found on him. The 38-year-old and 31-year old meet earlier in a carpark located at Teck Whye.
Missing 7-year-old was last seen wearing a red T-shirt with a cartoon character, dark blue pants and carrying a blue haversack.
Please help, when a loved one goes missing it can be very stressful for the family especially the parents.
The boy is only 7-years-old
The boy has been missing since Tuesday afternoon (03/12/19) 1.40 PM, The Police has put it on on Twitter to appeal for information regarding the boy’s whereabouts
According to the Police, the boy was last seen at Admiralty MRT.
Members of the public who have any information regarding his whereabouts are urged to call 999.
According to the media release, a body was found floating in Kallang River near Toa Payoh area. Kallang River is Singapore’s longest river spanning 10 kilometres long, without investigation It would most probably be unclear where the body came from.
The body was found yesterday(02/12/19) morning and the Police were alerted at around 9.26 am.
According to an interview by ZaoBao, a 34-year-old man who was cleaning the river discovered a half-naked body floating. The body was seen floating and facing down with only a pair of black shorts.
SCDF retrieved the body from the canal and pronounced the man dead at the scene.
The police have classified the case as unnatural death. Investigations are ongoing.
According to a media release by the Singapore Police Force, a lucky draw scam is currently going on that involves using photos of the Police to scare victims to pay up.
From Jan till November 2019, the police has received at least 3 cases of lucky draw scams amounting to S$1,600 lost to scammers.
How it works
The scammer would call to a potential victim using an overseas phone number, they would tell the victims that they had won a lucky draw, but before the victim are allowed to collect the winnings. The victims must first pay up an “admin fee”.
When the victims refused to pay up any admin fees, the scammers will be threatened by the scammer, claiming that the victim has been reported to the Police, showing the victims the photo of a Police officer.
One of the victims was provided with a contact of a “Police” to assist in investigations.
Message From Police: ” The Police would like to advise members of the public to be wary if you receive such messages or calls, especially if you have not participated in any lucky draw. Ignore any instructions provided by the caller/message sender to make payments by remitting money or purchasing online credits and gift cards. Winning a lucky draw should not require any payments to be made to claim the prize. “
According to a media release by the Police, 10 individuals are facing charges from the Commercial Affairs Department for a housing loan cashback scam for amounting to SGD 11,398,000.
Among the 10 individuals that were facilitating the scams come from different backgrounds such as property sellers, buyers, property agents and a lawyer.
Investigations from the Commercial Affairs Department revealed that the housing loan cashback scams were dated in 2014 and 2015. The first facilitate the transaction between the homeowner and the property agent to a pre-agreed price.
Investigations revealed that the sale price was increased to maximise bank borrowings to reap cashback.
After the transaction of the home is completed, any money that is left behind is disbursed to the individuals involved in the crime.
The person who made the loan defaulted on the payments and the crime came to light.
In order for the bank to give them the maximum loan amounts, forged income documents were forged to convince bankers to allow as much loan as possible. A bank that was not named disburses around S$8,518,000 for three mortgage applications.
By not paying the loan, the bank will have the right to take ownership of the properties, however, The bank made a loss of more than S$2,900,000 after selling the properties.
Earlier today (3 December 2019), three of the facilitators of this scam was charged for cheating and forgery offences.
One of the facilitators believed to be the mastermind faces seven other charges relating to criminal breach of trust, cheating and using a counterfeit stamp, under Section 64(g) of the Stamp Duties Act, Chapter 312.
The two “buyers” was charged with one count of cheating, The two property sellers will each be charged with one count of fraudulently executing a deed of transfer.
The two sellers’ property agents will each be charged with one count of conspiring with the sellers to fraudulently execute the deed of transfer
The lawyer will also be charged with falsely certifying the correctness of an instrument,
23-year-old Clifton Wong Jun Han was watching a movie at Shaw Theatres located at Seletar Mall(Sengkang). He was shaking his legs and this irritated a man who was sitting next to him.
A dispute later happened, Wong punched the man and also his wife after his wife attempting to stop Wong from punching her husband.
The incident happened on the 1st of August 2019, during the movie, the victim told wong top stop shaking his legs. After the movie, Wong tried to leave his seat but was accidentally tripped by the victim’s leg.
Wong started to curse and swear and the victim, but the victim chooses to not respond to him. Wong then started punching the victim in the face continuously, the victim’s wife tried to stop Wong but ended up getting beat up by Wong as well.
Wong’s wife manages to stop him from attacking the victim and other people on the scene tried to restrain him.
According to CNA a Police report was made, the dialogue of the call to Police: “We are watching movie. One guy about 30s beat up the auntie and uncle. Quite bad. Both auntie and uncle are injured. You all have to come down.”
Wong was sentenced to 1-day jail and fined S$3,000.
Please help to keep a lookout for Mr Phang Yew Meng.
He was reported missing at Geylang Bahru vicinity. He has been last seen on 2 Dec 2019, Monday around 7:30 pm
He is 91, last seen in light grey t-shirt with floral shorts, wearing black socks and slippers with an umbrella. He did not bring anything else along even his wallet.
Please assist to contact Ms Jiaqi at 96567852 or 96192453
It is understood that Sa Sa International currently has a total of 22 retail stores in Singapore, and the group has been losing money in the Singapore market for six consecutive financial years.
Salsa International believes that currently focusing resources on core markets and businesses with growth potential to maintain profitability has become the Group’s top priority. And ending the Singapore business can improve the performance and profitability of the other businesses of the group
All of its retail stores focus on developing Hong Kong, China, Macau, Mainland China and Malaysia markets, as well as e-commerce businesses.
The victim’s son is seeking witness or footages of a fatal accident that happened near Mayne Rd, the victim was trying to catch a bus when a taxi hit her.
Anyone with information can contact the Police or victim’s son in the Facebook post below.
Commentary:
My mother, Mdm Tay.
Mdm Tay is an animal lover. A stubborn woman, Mdm Tay put others before herself. She is willing to sacrifice her time, money and energy if it means making someone else’s life better. She displayed love and care for the animals within the community, so much so, she will actually sacrifice a portion of her pay just to ensure that they do not starve.
Unfortunately, she was killed in an accident on the 27th of November.
A taxi ran her over as she was crossing the road to catch the last bus home. We understand, that it was not the intention of the driver to kill someone and as such, we have graciously forgive him and we shall let the law deal with him as it sees fit.
This post serves as a please from us, to taxi companies, to better train and be accountable for your drivers. There are far too many incidents in recent years involving a taxi driver and an innocent pedestrian.
We will also like to take this opportunity to appeal for any witnesses to come forward with more information.
Attached is a photo of the site of the accident. It happened at 12.30 am on the 27th of November. She was taking the 960 bus towards Bukit Panjang.
A post has gone viral with thousand over shares of a photo of a man believed to be a victim of a hit and run incident that happened on BKE towards Woodlands exit.
If anyone has any footage please share it. Thank you!
Son appeals for info
Guys i need help, looking a for a witness on 29th November between 11pm-2am at BKE going towards woodlands. my father got into an accident and it was a hit and run.
He’s in ICU now. Really appreciate your help guys. His bike plate number is F26492R Blue colour CB400.
