{"id":21506,"date":"2025-12-20T08:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21506"},"modified":"2025-12-20T08:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T00:11:36","slug":"11-more-drivers-nabbed-over-illegal-cross-border-rides-152-vehicles-impounded-since-july-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=21506","title":{"rendered":"11 more drivers nabbed over illegal cross-border rides; 152 vehicles impounded since July, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A total of 11 drivers were recently caught by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for illegally ferrying passengers across the Singapore-Malaysia border.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All have had their vehicles impounded, bringing the total number of vehicles impounded since July for providing such services to 152.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Facebook post on Thursday (Dec 18), LTA said the errant drivers were recently nabbed at land checkpoints and other areas such as Fernvale Road and Mandai Road.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We continue to enforce against illegal cross-border ride-hailing services, thanks to tip-offs from the National Private Hire Vehicles Association and National Taxi Association,&#8221; it said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The authority said it has conducted checks on more than 2,700 vehicles since July 2025 &#8220;to protect passenger safety and the interests of licensed drivers&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>In a separate post, Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling said, &#8220;Your safety matters.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We want passengers to have a safe and pleasant journey using legal cross-border transport services, which protect both passengers and the livelihoods of our local drivers.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"792\" width=\"500\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fhelloxueling%2Fposts%2Fpfbid031yNxto2Los5J2QGySm15oJeBPNApRrC7Uz43AJF1rjKVWvA2CDVDJU1RkTyXWqrPl&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=500\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Drivers caught providing illegal ride-hailing services face up to $3,000 in fines and\/or six months&#8217; jail, and possible vehicle forfeiture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Members of the public can report illegal cross-border ride services at <a href=\"https:\/\/go.gov.sg\/report-illegal-rides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/go.gov.sg\/report-illegal-rides<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>On Dec 5, the transport ministries of Singapore and Malaysia said the cross-border taxi scheme will be enhanced.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Each country&#8217;s quota for licensed cross-border taxis will be gradually raised from the current 200 to 500.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Licensed taxis will also be allowed to drop off passengers at any location, while the number of passenger pick-up points for ride hail or e-hailing app bookings will gradually be expanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:726306]]<\/p>\n<p>lim.kewei@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/drivers-nabbed-illegal-cross-border-rides-152-vehicles-impounded-july\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A total of 11 drivers were recently caught by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) for illegally ferrying passengers across the Singapore-Malaysia border.\u00a0 All have had&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}