Auxiliary
police officer fires two shots at vehicle at Tuas Checkpoint
An Auxiliary Police Officer (APO) fired two shots at a vehicle
suspected to be used for cigarette smuggling at the Second Link
Bridge near the International Boundary (IB) before Tuas Checkpoint
on Tuesday night (27 Oct).
No one was injured in the incident, the Immigration &
Checkpoints Authority (ICA) said in a statement Wednesday (28
Oct).
ICA officers observed that four vehicles had stopped near the IB
in the direction towards Singapore and two APOs proceeded to check
the vehicles. As the officers approached, two of the vehicles made
a sudden U-turn and headed towards Malaysia.
The other two vehicles complied initially with the APOs’
instruction to proceed towards Tuas Checkpoint. But one of the
vehicles reversed against the flow of traffic towards the officers.
One of the APOs fired two shots at the vehicle but it continued to
head towards Malaysia.
The driver of the remaining vehicle was detained at Tuas
Checkpoint. Initial investigations indicated that the persons in
the vehicles were involved in the smuggling of cigarettes into
Malaysia.
The Police are investigating the matter. ICA reminded motorists
and travellers to comply with the instructions of its officers and
APOs at the checkpoints.
-- Yahoo! SG