Shots fired at Second Link Bridge near Tuas Checkpoint
Photo: The Straits Times
Wednesday, Oct 28, 2015
SINGAPORE - Two shots were fire at a vehicle at the Second Link Bridge before Tuas Checkpoint last night (Oct 27) at about 11.45pm.
No one was injured in the incident as traffic was light at the time, said the Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) in a statement to the media today (Oct 28).
A suspect was detained in what appears to be a case of cigarette smugglers trying to avoid detection by the authorities.
ICA said that four vehicles had stopped near the international boundary on the Second Link Bridge in the direction towards Singapore.
Two of the vehicles made a sudden U-turn and headed towards Malaysia when auxiliary police officers approached the vehicles for inspection.
The other two vehicles initially complied with the officers' instructions to proceed to Tuas Checkpoint, but ICA said one of the vehicles suddenly reversed in a "dangerous manner" against the flow of traffic and towards the officers.
One of the officers fired two shots at the vehicle, but the vehicle continued in the direction of Malaysia.
Through preliminary investigations, ICA said that the suspects in the vehicles were trying to smuggle cigarettes into Malaysia.
The police are investigating the matter.
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