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A total of 16 men and six women, aged between 16 and 64, are being investigated for various offences, following a series of multi-agency enforcement operations that were conducted from 18 and 28 September 2025 in the vicinity of Geylang.

The operations were led by Bedok Police Division and supported by officers from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Health Sciences Authority (HSA), Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA), Land Transport Authority (LTA), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Singapore Food Agency (SFA) and Singapore Customs. These operations are part of the SPF and agencies’ ongoing efforts to clamp down on illegal and criminal activities in Geylang, which include illegal gambling, vice activities, illegal sales of health products, drug-related activities, illegal hawking and breach of fire safety regulations.

The details of some of these operations are as follows:

1. On 18 September 2025, officers from Bedok Police Division and ICA conducted an enforcement operation against illegal online gambling activities at a residential unit located along Lorong 39 Geylang. During the operation, cash amounting to more than $550 and gambling-related paraphernalia were seized as case exhibits. Six men and one woman aged between 49 and 64 were arrested under Section 20(2) of the Gambling Control Act 2022. One of the men was also arrested for drug-related offences.
   
   
2. Between 18 and 26 September 2025, officers from the CID, Bedok Police Division, ICA, CNB and SCDF conducted a series of checks at various massage establishments and hotels. A 41-year-old man and a 46-year-old woman were found to be operating an illegal massage establishment along Upper Boon Keng Road and are being investigated under Section 5 of the Massage Establishments Act 2017.  The officers also carried out anti-vice operations in the vicinity of Geylang Road, Upper Boon Keng Road and Geylang Lorongs, resulting in the arrests of three women, aged between 36 and 39, under Section 147(1) of the Women’s Charter Act 1961. Three men and one woman, aged between 30 and 52, were separately arrested for offences under the Immigration Act 1959, Prisons Act 1933, and Penal Code 1871.
   
   
3. On 19 September 2025, LTA conducted an enforcement operation in the vicinity of Geylang Road, Sims Avenue and Guillemard Road, targeting illegally modified Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) and Power Assisted Bicycles (PABs). Three men, aged between 16 and 63, are being investigated for offences under Section 10 of the Road Traffic Act 1961 and Sections 15 and 19 of the Active Mobility Act 2017.
   
   
4. Between 19 and 25 September 2025, a series of joint enforcement operations involving officers from the Bedok Police Division, HSA, ICA, and CNB were conducted in the vicinity of Geylang. The joint operations targeted the illegal sale of health products, drug and e-vaporiser related activities. Unregistered health products, including cough syrup with an estimated total street value of more than $27,000 and 11 e-vaporisers were seized. Two men, aged 33 and 42, are being investigated under Section 15 of the Health Products Act 2007. The 33-year-old man is also being investigated for the e-vaporiser related offence, while the 42-year-old man was fined on the spot for possessing an e-vaporiser under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993.
   
   
5. On 25 September 2025, officers from the Singapore Customs conducted enforcement operation against duty-unpaid cigarettes activities in the vicinity of Geylang, Paya Lebar Square and Geylang Serai. A 35-year-old man was arrested for an offence under the Customs Act 1960, while another six men, aged between 28 and 46, were issued with composition sums for offences under the Customs Act 1960.

Please refer to Annex A for the penalties or punishment for the respective offences and Annex B for the photographs from the enforcement operations. 

Commanding Officer of Geylang Neighbourhood Police Centre, Superintendent of Police Letts Tan, expressed his appreciation to all the agencies involved for their strong support and commended the officers for their professionalism and excellent teamwork in executing the operation. He added that the Police will continue to work closely with agencies to clamp down on illegal activities in Geylang; such activities will not be tolerated, and firm actions will be taken against those who blatantly disregard the law. Members of the public are advised to report those engaging in unlawful activities to the Police.  


Annex A 

Gambling Control Act 2022

The offence of gambling with another person in or from any place or premises in Singapore, under Section 20(2), carries a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

Massage Establishments Act 2017

The offence of carrying a business of providing massage services without licence, under Section 5, carries a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or both. Repeat offenders are liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both.

Women’s Charter Act 1961

The offence of keeping, managing or assisting in the management of a place of assignation, under Section 147(1), carries a fine not exceeding $100,000, or imprisonment not exceeding five years, or both. Repeat offenders are liable to a fine not exceeding $150,000, or imprisonment not exceeding seven years, or both.

Road Traffic Act 1961

The offence of keeping unregistered PAB, under Section 10, carries a fine not exceeding $2,000, or a jail term not exceeding three months, or both. Repeat offender are liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

Active Mobility Act 2017

The offence of riding a power assisted bicycle (PAB) or a personal mobility device, or drive or ride a motor vehicle that is neither a motorised wheelchair nor a mobility scooter, on a public path that is a pedestrian-only path, under Section 15, carries a fine not exceeding $2,000, or imprisonment not exceeding three months, or both. Repeat offenders are liable to a fine not exceeding $5,000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

The offence of riding a non-compliant PAB on a public path that is a footpath or shared path under Section 19, carries a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both, where the offender is an individual. A repeat offender who is an individual may be liable to a fine not exceeding $20,000, or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both.

Customs Act 1960  

Under the Customs Act 1960 and Goods and Services Tax (GST) Act 1993, buying, selling, conveying, delivering, storing, keeping, possessing or dealing in duty-unpaid goods are serious offences. Offenders can be fined up to 40 times the amount of duty and GST evaded, and/or be liable to imprisonment not exceeding six years. 

Health Products Act 2007

Those found guilty of importing, manufacturing and/or supplying of unregistered health products, under Section 15, may be liable to imprisonment not exceeding two years, and/or fine not exceeding $50,000.

Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993

It is an offence to import, distribute, sell or offer for sale e-vaporisers and their components. Any person convicted of an offence is liable to a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both for the first offence, and a fine not exceeding $20,000, or imprisonment not exceeding 12 months, or both for the second or subsequent offence. Under the enhanced enforcement framework that came into force on 1 September 2025, individuals found possessing, using, or purchasing e-vaporisers now face higher penalties and recalcitrant users will be required to undergo rehabilitation. Those who do not complete the rehabilitation programme will be prosecuted. Offenders caught using e-vaporisers for the third time and more will be prosecuted in court under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act 1993 and be liable for a fine not exceeding $2,000.

Annex B

Enforcement operation against illegal online gambling activities along Lorong 39 Geylang on 18 September 2025





Enforcement operations at massage establishments and hotels between 18 and 26 September 2025





Enforcement operations targeting illegally modified PMDs and PABs on 19 September 2025



Non-compliant PAB fitted with start-up Button



Non-Compliant PMD (e-skateboard) 

Enforcement operations targeting illegal sale of health products, drug and e-vaporiser related activities in the vicinity of Geylang between 19 and 25 September 2025