Singapore coast guards arrest nine for stealing scrap metal from barge at sea

For unlawful entry into Singapore, offenders face a jail term of up to six months and a minimum of three strokes of the cane. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Nine men have been arrested for stealing scrap metal off a moving barge near Kusu Island.

The men, aged between 30 and 42, were caught by the Police Coast Guard (PCG) on Tuesday night (April 19) at about 10.30pm after PCG detected a suspicious sampan, or rowboat, travelling alongside a moving barge.