A Futile Attempt To Depart Illegally Led To The Arrest Of Three Men



On 25 October 2016 at about 11.20pm, Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers at Woodlands Checkpoint were informed that a man was sighted swimming towards the water pipeline alongside the Causeway. ICA and Police Coast Guard (PCG) officers were immediately deployed to search for the man. The 30-year-old male Bangladesh national was successfully located underneath the water pipeline and arrested.


Contact(s):

Joanna Wong
63916190
joanna_wong@ica.gov.sg

Khairunnisa Abdul Jabbar
64782075
khairunnisa_abdul_jabbar@spf.gov.sg
Attachment(s):

ICA-SPF Joint News Release - A Futile Attempt To Depart Illegally Led To The Arrest Of Three Men - 27 Oct.pdf