More than 1,800 people hauled up by police in year-end anti-crime blitz

Of these, 610 arrested for activities including vice, illegal gambling and drink driving

- David Sun

The naughty list in 2024 is looking to be extra long after more than 1,800 people were hauled up by the police in the past month in one of the biggest anti-crime blitzes since the Covid-19 pandemic.

More than 600 of those hauled up have been arrested so far.

The blitz targeted a spectrum of criminal activities, including vice, illegal gambling, vaping, drink driving, drugs and riding of non-compliant personal mobility devices (PMDs).

To clamp down on crime during the year-end festivities, the police mobilized more than 2,600 officers to conduct checks on some 13,200 people from Nov 16 to Dec 16.

They conducted more than 1,180 operations during the four-week period, hauling up for investigations 1,873 people, aged 15 to 85. They comprised 1,257 men and 616 women.

Of these, at least 610 people have been arrested so far.

The police officers were supported by their counterparts from the Central Narcotics Bureau, Singapore Civil Defence Force, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority, Health Sciences Authority, National Environment Agency, Singapore Customs, Land Transport Authority (LTA) and Singapore Food Agency.