Delivery rider fined by court for leaving S$1,500 arowana in his car for 4 hours, killing it

About 40 minutes later, the delivery assignment was cancelled due to a glitch in the application.

However, Isman did not return the fish to the farm nor deliver it to the customer. Instead, he left it in the plastic bag in his car for at least four hours without proper care.

At around 1am on Oct 8, after completing all his other deliveries, Isman returned to the fish farm but found that it was closed.

He then took the fish home and found that it was dead. He threw the fish away in a rubbish chute and did not inform the farm nor the customer about the incident.

On Oct 8, 2025, a representative of the farm lodged a police report, saying the fish was missing and Isman was uncontactable.

Isman was interviewed by the police a day later. He lied that he had returned the fish to the farm at around 11.45pm on Oct 7, 2025.

As a result, the police expended resources to investigate the manner, analysing police camera footage and recording a further statement from Isman.

Isman confessed to throwing away the dead fish only after he was confronted with police camera footage from his residential block.

He did not make any restitution to the customer.

The prosecution sought a fine of S$2,000 to S$3,000, noting the wrongful loss suffered by the victim and the wastage of investigative resources.

For mischief, he could have been jailed for up to a year, fined, or both.