{"id":80040,"date":"2026-08-27T22:54:46","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80040"},"modified":"2026-08-27T22:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:54:46","slug":"scdf-nsman-is-driver-arrested-for-driving-under-influence-of-drugs-on-bke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=80040","title":{"rendered":"SCDF NSman is driver arrested for driving under influence of drugs on BKE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"text-primary article-summary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">SINGAPORE \u2013 <!-- -->A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) national serviceman is<!-- --> <!-- -->the 29-year-old male car <a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/29-year-old-driver-arrested-for-driving-under-influence-of-drugs-after-bke-accident?ref=inline-article\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"gap-x-04 items-center inline text-primary-60 select-auto\" aria-label=\"link\" target=\"_blank\" data-testid=\"custom-link\"><span class=\"inline font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"typography-test-id\">driver who was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs<\/span><\/a> on Aug 25.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">An SCDF spokesman confirmed this with The Straits Times on Aug 27.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The man was allegedly driving on the BKE towards the PIE while under the influence of drugs, and got involved in an accident at around 5.35pm. No injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">A video of the incident posted on social media shows a man tussling with the suspect by the guard rails along the viaduct, next to two cars that were stopped in the leftmost lane of the expressway.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">During the struggle, the suspect who is being restrained appears to throw something off the bridge. He can be seen wearing pants and boots resembling parts of the SCDF uniform.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Police investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The spokesman said the SCDF takes a serious view of the matter, and expects all officers, including NSmen, to uphold the standards of professionalism, conduct and discipline at all times.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Those caught driving the influence of drugs can be jailed for up to a year and fined $10,000 for a first offence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text-primary font-tertiary-body-baseline-regular\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">They may also be liable for separate drug offences.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Man arrested for driving under the influence of drugs on BKE\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/She1pvy_qYs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/singapore\/courts-crime\/scdf-nsman-is-driver-arrested-for-driving-under-influence-of-drugs-on-bke\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE \u2013 A Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) national serviceman is the 29-year-old male car driver who was arrested for driving under the influence of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":79723,"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-80040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80040","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=80040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/80040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/79723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=80040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=80040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=80040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}