By Joanne Chan | Posted: 03
October 2010 1526 hrs 
SINGAPORE: Seventy-two people were arrested on Saturday
for a variety of criminal offences during a multi-agency
enforcement operation at Geylang.
The operation saw more than 150 officers from the police, Criminal
Investigation Department, Immigration and Checkpoints Authority and
Singapore Customs working together.
Sixty-two men and 10 women were arrested for offences such as
immigration violations, peddling of contraband cigarettes, illegal
gambling and gang and vice-related activities.
About 125 cartons and 90 packets of assorted brands of duty unpaid
cigarettes were also seized from a unit located at Lorong 23
Geylang.
During one of the raids at Lorong 25A Geylang, a Vietnamese man who
was believed to be acting as a lookout for a cigarette peddler,
managed to flee.
Police said the bald Vietnamese man, believed to be in his
thirties, was last seen wearing a white polo t-shirt, black
bermudas and black sandals.
Anyone with information can call the police hotline at
1800-2550-000.
-CNA/wk
