SINGAPORE – A routine immigration check at Woodlands Checkpoint exposed a man’s role in an illegal gambling operation.
Kelvin Cheng Soon Wang, 33, was driving back to Singapore from Malaysia in March 2024 when Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officers stopped his car for a routine check and found 20 illegal streaming TV boxes.
The officers seized the devices, along with two Apple iPhones, a Redmi mobile phone, a thumb drive and a SIM card.
When questioned, Cheng claimed he had found the Redmi phone and SIM card in a shopping mall in Johor Bahru, but forensic investigations into the phone revealed he was its owner and led to the discovery of his role in the illegal gambling operation.
On March 5, Cheng was sentenced to 52 weeks’ jail and a $5,000 fine after he pleaded guilty to one count of conducting a betting operation unlawfully and another for the obstruction of justice.
