Sixteen men and six women are being investigated for various offences following a 10-day multi-agency enforcement operation in Geylang.
The operations, conducted from Sept 18 to 28, involved officers from Bedok Police Division and the Criminal Investigation Department; Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB); Health Sciences Authority (HSA); Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA); Land Transport Authority (LTA); Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF); Singapore Food Agency; and the Singapore Customs.
In a statement to the media on Tuesday (Nov 11), the police said that the operations are part of ongoing efforts to clamp down on illegal and criminal activities in Geylang.
The alleged offences the 22 persons are being investigated for include: breach of fire safety regulations, drugs-related activities, illegal gambling, illegal hawking, illegal sales of health products, and vice activities.
Illegal online gambling in residential unit
Six men and one woman, aged between 49 and 64, were arrested for suspected illegal online gambling activities on Sept 18.
Law enforcement officers from the police and ICA raided a residential unit along Lorong 39 Geylang and seized cash amounting to more than $550 and gambling-related paraphernalia.
One of the six men was also arrested for drug-related offences.
Vice and illegal massage establishment
Between Sept 18 and 26, police, CNB, ICA and SCDF officers conducted anti-vice operations and a series of checks at various massage establishments and hotels in Geylang.
A 41-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman were found to be operating an illegal massage establishment along Upper Boon Keng Road. They are currently being investigated for alleged offences under the Massage Establishment Act.
