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Four arrested in raid on illegal gambling den Posted: 23 October 2012 2005 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested four men in a raid on an illegal gambling den in Geylang. The suspects are aged between 29 and 57. The four-hour police operation started at about 12.45 am on Tuesday. One of the...

Man charged with series of motorcycle thefts By Leong Wai Kit | Posted: 22 October 2012 1458 hrs SINGAPORE: A 21-year-old man has been charged with a series of motorcycle theft offences. Muhammad Hindra Hisham also faces other charges, including riding a motorcycle without a license and...

He punches paramedic who tries to help October 19, 2012 - 1:51am By: Elizabeth Law THE paramedic was there to help the injured Republic Polytechnic student. But instead of thanking Sergeant Mohd Chan Herman, the teen pushed him and later punched him in the face. Yesterday, Abdul Rahman...

Nine arrested in raid on illegal gambling den Posted: 18 October 2012 1950 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested nine people in a raid on an illegal gambling den in Geylang. That followed a five-hour operation which started Wednesday at about 10pm. Officers raided a shop house located...

84 arrested in island-wide drug bust Posted: 12 October 2012 2141 hrs CNB officers with a suspect whom they arrested. (Photo: CNB) SINGAPORE: Singapore's Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers have arrested 84 people in an island-wide drug bust over five days. Drugs worth over...

Intruder survives fall from bus drivers' flat By Jalelah Abu Baker and Bryna Sim The Straits Times Tuesday, Oct 09, 2012 SINGAPORE - A man jumped from a fourth- storey flat in Toa Payoh yesterday after a tenant discovered that he had sneaked inside. The man, in his 20s, fell face-down. He...

Man flees shop with unpaid Rolex watch October 8, 2012 - 2:02am By: Aida Johan PICTURE: SHIN MIN DAILY NEWS The running shoes were a sign that he may be up to no good. That he kept his head down, as if to avoid the security cameras, was another. And when he insisted on trying on two...

Teacher wins more damages By Royston Sim The Straits Times Saturday, Oct 06, 2012 SINGAPORE - A primary school teacher has won an appeal for higher damages against the Ministry of Education (MOE) over a fall she sustained in 2006. On Wednesday, the High Court awarded Ms Sivakami...

He pimps out Facebook friend October 4, 2012 - 1:12am By: Chai Hung Yin Nathaniel Fetalvero ST FILE PHOTO Faced with mounting debts from medical treatment of a tumour and unable to pay her rent, she turned to a friend, whom she got to know in the course of her work, for help. But Alvin...

Stolen $5k guitar returned, thanks to YouTube clip By Reico Wong my paper Wednesday, Oct 03, 2012 SINGAPORE - A Gretsch electric guitar, worth more than $5,000, was stolen brazenly from a shop at the basement of Excelsior Shopping Centre in Coleman Street last Friday. But it was returned...

Caught on camera: Youth steals $5,000 guitar from shop AsiaOne Tuesday, Oct 02, 2012 A young man stole an expensive guitar from a shop using an empty guitar bag. The theft was caught on a CCTV recording from the music shop at Excelsior Hotel's shopping arcade. In the video, the young man...

3 arrested for allegedly attempting to cheat MBS casino Posted: 01 October 2012 2200 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 24-year-old Marina Bay Sands (MBS) croupier and his two brothers, aged 21 and 25, for trying to cheat the casino. Officers from the Casino Crime Investigation Branch of...

Man investigated for making false police report on robbery Posted: 26 September 2012 2246 hrs SINGAPORE: Police are investigating a 44-year-old man for making a false police report on robbery. On September 25 at about 3.15pm, the suspect called "999" and reported that he was robbed near a...

Security officer jailed 5 weeks for punching cabby AsiaOne Monday, Sep 24, 2012 SINGAPORE - A security officer has been sentenced to five weeks' jail for punching a taxi driver several times in the face. 48-year-old Yeo Lye Woo pleaded guilty to causing hurt to Mr Sim Kiang Seck at a POSBank...

31 companies & individuals caught for poor crane safety practices Posted: 24 September 2012 1258 hrs SINGAPORE: 31 companies and individuals have been fined due to poor safety practices in lifting operations at worksites involving cranes. Each was fined between S$200 and S$6,200...

SingTel fined S$380,000 for mio Voice & mio TV service disruptions By Alice Chia | Posted: 21 September 2012 2028 hrs SINGAPORE: SingTel has been fined a total of S$380,000 for disruptions in its fixed line voice and pay-TV services on three days in 2011. It was fined S$300,000 by the...

Man jailed for selling cough mixture illegally By Alvina Soh | Posted: 20 September 2012 1934 hrs SINGAPORE: The last of the four men accused of illegally selling codeine-laced cough mixture was sentenced to 4 months' jail on Thursday. Thirty-seven-year-old Yap Beng Keong, who...

Jul 29, 2011 Police arrest man for rental flat scams[/h] By Francis Chan...