Singapore: 49-year-old man arrested after making ‘wrong turn’ into Woodlands Checkpoint; drugs, knives found in car


ICA officers discovered the man had provided a false identity, and subsequently found vapes and a knife on him, as well as drugs in his vehicle. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, April 1 (The Straits Times/ANN): A 49-year-old man at Woodlands Checkpoint who said he had made a wrong turn and did not intend to leave Singapore was found to have no valid identity or travel documents on him.

The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority’s (ICA) First Response Team officers who did a biometric screening of the Singaporean driver discovered that he had allegedly provided a false identity.

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