PUBLIC TRANSPORT, LTA STAFF ON PATROL FOR VAPES
On buses, trains and interchanges, public transport staff conduct active patrols and checks to “deter and detect prohibited activities such as the use or possession of vapes”, said LTA in a statement.
They have been empowered under the Tobacco (Control of and Sales) Act to serve notices and seize vapes before handing them to HSA.
One such staff member is Mr Romel Canjandab Sangella, who is a senior station manager at Bishan MRT station.
Earlier this month, he was alerted by the station security officers of a man in his thirties who was caught with five vapes.
