Two arrested for immigration-clearance offences in 26 hours
SINGAPORE — Two people were arrested over two consecutive days at the Woodlands Checkpoint for failing to stop for immigration clearance, in separate incidents.
SINGAPORE — Two people were arrested over two consecutive days at the Woodlands Checkpoint for failing to stop for immigration clearance, in separate incidents.
Earlier this morning (June 30) at 5.10am, a Malaysian-registered car was found to be tailgating a car in front. Officers from the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) intercepted the car at the Arrival Car Zone, which was locked down.
The officers had requested the driver, a 34-year-old female Malaysian, to turn off the car engine and step out of the vehicle, but she did not comply with instructions. They had to break the car’s front and rear passenger windows to escort the driver out.
The driver was found to have an expired travel document and was arrested.
The other incident happened at around 3.50am yesterday, where a 41-year-old Singapore permanent resident drove past the immigration counter and failed to stop the Singapore-registered car for clearance.
Investigations against the two are ongoing. The ICA had said in a news release today that “any persons who failed to stop for immigration clearance will be dealt with firmly according to the law”.