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Man caught smuggling $100k worth of drugs in tissue box Published on May 17, 2012 A suspected smuggler was arrested on Wednesday after more than $100,000 worth of drugs were found hidden inside a tissue box. The 28-year-old Malaysian was detained at the Woodlands Checkpoint after a Home Team...

Man caught smuggling $100k worth of drugs in tissue box Published on May 17, 2012 A suspected smuggler was arrested on Wednesday after more than $100,000 worth of drugs were found hidden inside a tissue box. The 28-year-old Malaysian was detained at the Woodlands Checkpoint after a Home Team...

Duo fined $3,000 for lying about 'corrupt' carpark warden Published on May 16, 2012 By Khushwant Singh They agreed to lie for a friend who had used a tampered $1 carpark coupon and on Wednesday, Desmond Cheong Kok Foong, 33, and Soh Chee Kwang, 35, were fined $3,000 each. Both pleaded guilty...

Man convicted of computer misuse at MBS appealing Published on May 15, 2012 File photo of dealers at MBS casino before it opened to the public. The casino is broken into four levels with the two lower levels of mass gaming floors and the upper two as VIP rooms for the higher rollers. A man...

Taking free items in bulk is criminal misappropriation By Kheng Leng | Posted: 10 May 2012 2054 hrs Man caught on hidden camera pocketing napkins. SINGAPORE: People seem to be helping themselves to more than what they need at self-help counters at fast-food chain McDonald's. At a...

Cross-dressing doctor handed probation AsiaOne Tuesday, May 08, 2012 SINGAPORE - Dr Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen, who pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a 19-year-old female undergraduate, was sentenced to a year's probation and ordered to do 60 hours of community service. Local news sources...

Cross-dressing doctor handed probation AsiaOne Tuesday, May 08, 2012 SINGAPORE - Dr Ivan Ngeow Ko Yen, who pleaded guilty to exposing himself to a 19-year-old female undergraduate, was sentenced to a year's probation and ordered to do 60 hours of community service. Local news sources...

Couple arrested for serial housebreaking AsiaOne Thursday, May 03, 2012 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a couple aged 24 and 26 for a series of housebreaking and theft offences committed in Yishun and Sembawang housing estates. Between March 2011 and May 2012, residents in Yishun and...

Man to be charged for using counterfeit chips at RWS casino Posted: 02 May 2012 2001 hrs SINGAPORE: A 34-year-old male Singaporean will be charged in court on Thursday for using counterfeit chips at the Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) casino. Last January, six pieces of counterfeit S$500 cash...

Major loanshark syndicate smashed, 23 arrested Posted: 26 April 2012 1942 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have smashed a major loanshark syndicate and arrested 23 people including two women for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. One of the suspects, a 30 year-old Singaporean man was...

Odd-job labourer had sex with 14-year-old girl Published on Apr 25, 2012 A man who had consensual sex three times with a 14-year-old girl he met through an Internet chatline was jailed for nine months on Tuesday. The victim, a student, found out that she was 11 weeks pregnant on July 1, 2010...

Man gets 12 weeks' jail for Employment Act offences By Karen Ng | Posted: 19 April 2012 2029 hrs SINGAPORE: The director of a cleaning and building maintenance firm has been convicted of Employment Act offences that include the non-payment of salaries. Jufri Saini and the firm Service Partners...

Five youths arrested for vandalism By Karen Ng | Posted: 17 April 2012 2111 hrs SINGAPORE: Five youths have been arrested for vandalising electrical meter boxes. The group, aged between 15 and 21, were nabbed in the vicinity of Yishun Street 72 on April 16. Police had received a complaint...

Spanish king under fire over "irresponsible" hunting trip By Julien Toyer MADRID | Mon Apr 16, 2012 8:33am BST (Reuters) - Spain's King Juan Carlos I came under intense media fire on Sunday for hunting elephants in Botswana when his country was being sucked back into the euro zone's...

Irregular mail: 1/3 of China's standard post never arrives Staff Reporter 2012-04-12 11:08 (GMT+8) CCTV reporters posted 100 letters but 33 had still not arrived a month later. (Internet photo) Reporters from China's state broadcaster CCTV recently set out to investigate the efficiency of...

Doctor who allegedly molested nurse suspended Specialist reportedly touched her in an operating theatre; no police report has been made so far Published on Apr 15, 2012 By Elizabeth Soh And Fiona Low A resident physician at Changi General Hospital (CGH) was suspended last week following...

Nearly S$138,000 worth of drugs seized at checkpoint By Hon Jing Yi | Posted: 12 April 2012 1956 hrs SINGAPORE: Authorities have seized nearly a kilogramme of drugs from a Malaysian who tried to smuggle the loot in via Woodlands Checkpoint. On Thursday morning, officers from the Central...

Man behind donation scams arrested Posted: 11 April 2012 1149 hrs SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 49-year-old man who is believed to be involved in a series of donation scams. Since late March, police have received several reports from residents along Cantonment Road that they had been...

Police appeal for information on outrage of modesty case Published on Apr 7, 2012 Police are looking for the man (above) to assist with investigations into a case of outrage of modesty reported in the vicinity of Hougang Avenue 5 on March 30. -- PHOTO: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE Police are...

Charles Manson, now 77, gets new chance at parole By Shelby Grad and Andrew Blankstein updated 1 hour 20 minutes ago After 11 failed bids for freedom, notorious serial killer Charles Manson, now 77, is up for parole later this month. The parole board rejected his bid in 2007, saying Manson...