46 nabbed in weekend raids

[Cao Pi]

Aug 9, 2010
46 nabbed in weekend raids

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POLICE have arrested 46 people in a crackdown on illicit activities over the weekend which ended on Sunday. Forty-three women and three men were nabbed following enforcement checks at various public entertainment outlets and budget hotels located at Geylang, Balestier, Macpherson, Orchard and Magazine Road. The 46 were arrested for various criminal offences including illegal employment, immigration offences and vice-related activities. The police have also detected licensing breaches. Investigations are currently ongoing.

 

[Dodomeki]

46 nabbed for various offences in weekend police operation


46 nabbed for various offences in weekend police operation
Posted: 09 August 2010 1457 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Officers from the Criminal Investigation Department, Central and Tanglin Police Division arrested 46 people in an operation over the weekend which ended Sunday morning.

The operation followed successive enforcement checks at various public entertainment outlets and budget hotels located at Geylang, Balestier, Macpherson, Orchard and Magazine Road.

Police said the 46 were arrested for various criminal offences including illegal employment, immigration offences and vice-related activities.

Licensing breaches were also detected.

Director of the Criminal Investigation Department, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Ng Boon Gay commended the officers for their effort and good team work in the successful operation.

He stressed the determination of the Police to keep up the pressure against criminal elements.

"It is imperative that we continue with our enforcement efforts to keep illicit activities at bay. On top of enforcement efforts, (the) Police will continue to work closely with other stakeholders such as the Hotel Licensing Board and Urban Redevelopment Authority to ensure that the hotels and public entertainment outlets are not used for illicit or immoral purposes. Hotel owners who knowingly allow illicit activities within their premises will be taken to task," he said.

-CNA/wk

 

[chobolan]

Aug 9, 2010
46 nabbed in weekend raids

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It has been a priority of law enforcment to beat back the sleaze at massage parlours and KTV lounges as well as budget hotels. -- PHOTO: SPF

<!-- story content : start --> YET another police crackdown on vice resulted in 43 women and three men arrested over the weekend. Officers swooped down on budget hotels and entertainment outlets such as KTV lounges in Geylang, Balestier, MacPherson, Orchard and Magazine Road in the Havelock area.

In a statement on Monday on the raids, which started on Friday night until early Sunday morning, the police said the suspects were hauled up for offences linked to vice, immigration and illegal employment. Licensing breaches at the establishments were also found during the checks, the latest in a series of sweeps launched by the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the various police land divisions this year.

It has been a priority of law enforcment to beat back the sleaze at massage parlours and KTV lounges as well as budget hotels. About 90 women were caught at such hotels in Balestier, Lavender and Kovan between April and June this year, for example. In some cases, the pimps and prostitutes had hawked sexual services through online advertisements to avoid detection - customers need only turn up at the hotel room at the appointed time.