SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Power issued a press release earlier this week a few 40-year-old Singaporean man who had been deported from Thailand and, upon his arrival within the city-state, was arrested by officers from the Specialised Crime Department of the Felony Investigation Division (CID).
The person had been out on bail in 2024 when he absconded from Singapore. The police added that the person is believed to be concerned in working vice syndicates.
Authentic arrest historical past
Together with 17 different people, the person had been arrested on Oct 21, 2024, for vice-related and unlawful drug actions throughout a sweep throughout Singapore. The person was charged with offences beneath the Girls’s Constitution and was launched on bail. Nonetheless, his passport was handed over as a situation of his bail.
When the person was scheduled to attend a courtroom point out on Dec 12, he was nowhere to be discovered, which resulted in an arrest warrant being issued in opposition to him. When investigations had been carried out, it was found that he had left Singapore by means of unlawful technique of departure.
The CID then collaborated with the Royal Thai Police (RTP), resulting in the person being positioned in Chonburi province in Thailand. The Thai police arrested him on the Prachuap Khiri Khan province on Feb 24, 2026, throughout a transnational operation performed collectively by officers from Thailand and Singapore. Investigations have proven that whereas in Thailand, the person was suspected to have continued his involvement in working vice actions in Singapore. The police additionally talked about that three ladies had been arrested in Singapore on the identical day, aged between 25 and 38, within the neighborhood of River Valley Highway and Geylang Lorong 32 for suspected involvement in vice actions, although investigations are nonetheless ongoing.
The person was deported from Thailand on March 17 and arrested when he arrived in Singapore. He was charged in courtroom the next day. He now faces a multi-year jail time period and hundreds of {dollars} in fines for the offences he has been charged with.
“The SPF will proceed to work intently with our overseas regulation enforcement companions to fight transnational crimes and can spare no effort to deliver criminals to justice, together with these working past our borders. Transnational anti-vice operations are a part of the SPF’s ongoing efforts to maintain Singapore secure and safe. Vice syndicates have leveraged expertise to facilitate their operations and lengthen their attain throughout nationwide borders. Their modus operandi has turn out to be more and more subtle, and so they function their actions remotely, usually from abroad. The SPF will spare no effort to clamp down on and take robust enforcement actions in opposition to vice syndicates,” stated Senior Assistant Commissioner (SAC) Yeo Yee Chuan, who thanked the Thai cops for his or her professionalism and teamwork throughout the operations. /TISG
