A woman and her husband conspired to illegally smuggle puppies from Malaysia into Singapore before selling them from their Hougang HDB flat, making about $21,000 in profits within a few months.
According to Shin Min Daily News, the woman, Ng Siew Teng, 28, faced 13 charges under the Animals and Birds Act. She pleaded guilty to five charges, with the remaining charges to be taken into consideration during sentencing.
Court documents showed that the couple began planning the operation in 2023.
Hired accomplice
Ng was responsible for contacting puppy suppliers in Malaysia through social media and arranging for the animals to be collected at a rented apartment in Johor.
In the middle of 2023, she persuaded a 23-year-old accomplice to help repost advertisements for the puppies on TikTok. She promised the accomplice, Bryan Peh Jia Hao, commission for every puppy sold through the referrals.
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A few months later, in October 2023, Peh was also hired to smuggle the puppies into Singapore by car.
Under the arrangement, he was paid between $250 and $300 for every animal successfully brought across the border.
Sold 21 puppies
Investigations revealed that between October and December 2023, the couple kept the smuggled puppies at their HDB flat in Hougang before advertising and selling them through social media accounts created by Ng.
They also arranged for prospective buyers to view the puppies at the void deck below their block.
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