A total of 1,771 persons are being investigated for various offences following a nearly month-long series of multi-agency enforcement operations.
The operations, conducted between Nov 22 and Dec 20, involved more than 4,500 officers from across the police’s seven land divisions, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Traffic Police (TP).
It also involved officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Ministry of Manpower (MOM) and Singapore Customs.
In a news release on Saturday (Dec 27), the police said they mounted over 1,400 operations during the above-mentioned period, including checks on more than 15,900 persons, resulting in 546 arrests.
The range of offences uncovered includes traffic violations, e-vaporisers-related offences, duty-unpaid cigarettes, immigration violations and illegal employment, as well as drug-related offences.
Enforcement check at public entertainment outlets and anti-drink driving operation
AsiaOne was among the media invited to observe two of the operations from the night of Dec 20, until the early hours of Dec 21.
Just before 11pm, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division and HSA commenced enforcement checks at public entertainment outlets along Tai Seng Road.
