{"id":26083,"date":"2026-01-06T01:31:37","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:31:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26083"},"modified":"2026-01-06T01:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T17:31:37","slug":"67-year-old-man-arrested-after-sitting-on-window-ledge-at-teck-whye-crescent-drug-offences-referred-to-cnb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=26083","title":{"rendered":"67-year-old man arrested after sitting on window ledge at Teck Whye Crescent, drug offences referred to CNB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">A 67-year-old man was apprehended after he was seen sitting on the window ledge of a flat at Block 165A Teck Whye Crescent in the early hours of Jan 2.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">Stomper <span><b>G<\/b><\/span> alerted Stomp to the incident and said that her neighbours noticed something was amiss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;There was a burning smell that never usually comes from that level,&#8221; the Stomper said. &#8220;They tried knocking and checking if anyone was home, but there was no response.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">According to the Stomper, police later entered a neighbouring unit to get a clearer view into the flat from the back using a &#8220;long camera&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;That&#8217;s when they saw the man by the window, looking down,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p><iframe class=\"video-container my-lg w-[620px] h-[349px]\" src=\"https:\/\/players.brightcove.net\/4802324446001\/default_default\/index.html?videoId=6387237596112\" title=\"#NoTapis\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">In response to a Stomp query, the police said they received a call for assistance at the block at about 3.05am.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">&#8220;When police officers arrived, a man was observed to be sitting on the window ledge of a residential unit,&#8221; a police spokesperson said. &#8220;It was later established that the man had locked himself in a room.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">As it was assessed that the man posed a danger to himself, officers from the Special Operations Command, Crisis Negotiation Unit and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) responded to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">At about 6.35am, officers managed to gain entry into the room after the man relented and opened the door.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">SCDF told Stomp it deployed one safety life air pack. Rescuers from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team (DART) were on standby as a precautionary measure.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The 67-year-old man was subsequently apprehended under Section 7(1) of the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) Act 2008 and was also arrested for suspected drug-related offences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-secondary pt-md text-18 font-normal leading-1.5 text-grayscale-800\">The suspected drug-related offences have been referred to the Central Narcotics Bureau for investigation.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 mt-xl mb-md\"\/>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-md py-md xl:flex-row xl:items-center\"><span class=\"font-primary text-18 font-semibold leading-1.2 text-black\">Get more of Stomp&#8217;s latest updates by following us on:<\/span><\/div>\n<hr class=\"border-t border-primary-200 mt-xl mb-md\"\/>\n<p>Join the conversation<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/singapore-seen\/67-year-old-man-arrested-after-sitting-window-ledge-teck-whye-crescent-drug-offences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 67-year-old man was apprehended after he was seen sitting on the window ledge of a flat at Block 165A Teck Whye Crescent in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26084,"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-26083","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\/26083","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=26083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/26084"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}