Violent Crime news in Gali Batu Close Woodlands Singapore
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British man in Singapore gets 5-day detention, 100 hours community service for assaulting PHV driver
A 22-year-old British man, Oruche Morgan Fidelis, was sentenced in a Singapore court to a five-day short detention order and 100 hours of community service for using criminal force on a 66-year-old private-hire vehicle driver. The driver suffered a skull fracture in the June 2024 incident and died from natural causes about a year later. The court amended the original charge after finding the cause of the fracture could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt.
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Man fined S$560,000 for evading duty on over 28,000 bottles of beer in Singapore
A 47-year-old Chinese national, Han Xiaoyang, was fined S$560,000 in a Singapore court for evading over S$60,000 in customs duty on 28,236 bottles of beer. The scheme involved falsely declaring the beer as other goods. As he did not pay the fine, he will serve 164 days in jail. The case was reported by Singapore Customs after an operation in November 2025.
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Man jailed 39 months, caned for driving on etomidate while delivering Kpods
A 32-year-old Singaporean man, Chua Beng Kai Jeremy, was sentenced to three years and three months' jail and two strokes of the cane for trafficking and consuming Kpods, and for driving under the influence of etomidate. He was caught twice, the second time while on bail, driving from Jurong to Punggol to make deliveries for his supplier. He was also disqualified from driving for five years.
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Man gets 2 years' jail, caning for selling Kpods and illicit drugs
A 24-year-old man, Basil Wang Zhuang Zhen, was sentenced on Sept 4 to two years' jail and two strokes of the cane for trafficking Kpods and other drugs. He was caught after ICA officers found a vape in his car at Woodlands Checkpoint, leading to a search of his home where authorities found thousands of tablets and other illicit items. He is the first person convicted for Kpod trafficking under the Misuse of Drugs Act.
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14-year-old boy allegedly approached 9-year-old girl in Bukit Batok, police investigating
A 14-year-old boy allegedly approached a nine-year-old girl in Bukit Batok on Aug. 28 and displayed sexually inappropriate behaviour. The police have confirmed a report was lodged and investigations are ongoing.
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Malaysian jailed 15 weeks for smuggling 1,050 etomidate-laced pods through Woodlands Checkpoint
A 42-year-old Malaysian man, Ji Saow Hua, was sentenced to 15 weeks' jail on Sept 3 for importing 1,050 etomidate-laced e-cigarette pods worth $73,500. He was caught at the Woodlands Checkpoint on July 4, 2025, after an auxiliary police officer found the pods in his motorcycle's rear carriage box. Ji had previously been fined for a similar offence in 2024.