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SINGAPORE \u2013 A man is slated to be charged on June 19 with possession of a scheduled weapon, unauthorised possession of weapons and multiple traffic offences.<\/p>\n
This comes after he was arrested on June 17 for driving under the influence of drugs, among other offences, following an accident involving his car and a taxi<\/span><\/a> in front of Bendemeer MRT station on the same morning.<\/p>\n The police said they were alerted to the accident along Kallang Bahru towards Lavender Street at 8am that day.<\/p>\n A 60-year-old male taxi driver and his 43-year-old female passenger were conscious when taken to hospital.<\/p>\n The suspect, 36, had driven erratically and collided with the taxi, which was travelling in the opposite direction, the police said, citing preliminary investigations.<\/p>\n They added that he obstructed traffic by abandoning his car and fled the scene before the police arrived.<\/p>\n Suspected drugs, drug-related items, vapes and a knuckleduster were found in the car and seized as case exhibits, said the police.<\/p>\n The man was subsequently arrested, and two knives, believed to belong to him, were also seized during the arrest.<\/p>\n He is expected to be charged with possession of a scheduled weapon, unauthorised possession of weapons, driving while under the influence of a drug, dangerous driving causing hurt, driving without a valid driving licence, leaving a vehicle causing obstruction, and using a motor vehicle without insurance<\/p>\n The suspected drug-related and vape-related offences have been referred to the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) and the Health Sciences Authority respectively, said the police.<\/p>\n The man will also be investigated by the CNB for the possession and consumption of controlled drugs, and the possession of drug paraphernalia.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE \u2013 A man is slated to be charged on June 19 with possession of a scheduled weapon, unauthorised possession of weapons and multiple traffic…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61643,"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-61877","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\/61877","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=61877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=61877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=61877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=61877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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