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Between 1 June and 28 June 2026, the Police conducted a series of island-wide multi-agency enforcement operations, resulting in 1,776 persons being investigated for various offences. They comprised of 1,173 men and 603 women, aged between 15 and 85.

More than 5,600 officers from the seven Police Land Divisions, Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and Traffic Police (TP), working closely with the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB), Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF), Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), conducted more than 1,300 operations against a wide spectrum of offences. These included criminal offences such as those under the Penal Code 1871, Women’s Charter 1961 and Societies Act 1966, traffic violations, vaporiser-related offences, immigration offences and illegal employment offences.

During the operations, officers conducted checks on more than 17,000 persons. Of the 1,776 persons hauled up for investigations, 519 were arrested. The operations form part of the Police’s sustained efforts to clamp down on unlawful activities and deter would-be offenders. 

Details of some of the operations are as follows:

• On 4 June 2026, officers from Jurong Police Division conducted raids against vice activities at massage establishments in a shopping centre and residential premises in the vicinity of Jurong and Boon Lay. Five women, aged between 36 and 51, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter 1961.
  
  
• On 4 June and 10 June 2026, officers from Woodlands Police Division conducted two anti-gambling operations in the vicinity of Sembawang Road and Yishun Street 61. 12 men and five women, aged between 34 and 72, were arrested for offences under the Gambling Control Act 2022. Cash amounting to over $4,740 and gambling-related paraphernalia were seized as case exhibits. 
  
  
• On 6 June 2026, officers from Clementi Police Division conducted enforcement operations targeting illegal massage outlets in the vicinity of Jalan Mas Puteh. Two outlets were found to be providing massage services without a valid licence. Vice activities were also detected at these outlets. Both outlets had breached Section 5(1) of the Massage Establishments Act 2017. Eight women, aged between 29 and 48, were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter 1961 and the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990.
  
  
• Between 10 June and 13 June 2026, officers from Tanglin Police Division with support from CID and HSA conducted enforcement checks at massage establishments, hotels, commercial units and public entertainment outlets in the vicinity of Balestier Road, Selegie Road, River Valley Road, Clarke Quay and Sinaran Drive. 
  
  
  • A total of 41 women and four men, aged between 24 and 47, are being investigated for offences under Women’s Charter 1961, Penal Code 1871, Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 and Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993. 
  • A total of seven vaporisers were seized as case exhibits. Three massage establishments and three public entertainment outlets are also being investigated for breaches under Massage Establishments Act 2017 and Public Entertainments Act 1958 respectively.
    
    
• On 23 June 2026, officers from Central Police Division conducted a joint enforcement operation with officers from the CNB, SCDF and HSA at Upper Cross Street and Cecil Street.
  
  
  • Twenty-four women, aged between 20 and 44, and a 40-year-old man were arrested for offences under the Women’s Charter 1961, the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 and the Immigration Act 1959.
  • Of the 24 women, a 21-year-old woman was arrested for an additional offence of voluntarily causing hurt to deter a public servant from his duty under Section 332 of the Penal Code 1871. Two women, aged 21 and 22, were also found in possession of vaporisers, an offence under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993.
  • One public entertainment outlet was found to have fire safety violations in breach of the Fire Safety Act 1993.
    
    
• On 26 June 2026, officers from Bedok Police Division, together with SCDF and HSA, conducted enforcement checks on the public entertainment outlets in the vicinity of Geylang and Paya Lebar. 
  
  
  • Six women, aged between 19 and 37, were arrested for offences under the Employment of Foreign Manpower Act 1990 and Immigration Act 1959.
  • In addition, two women, aged between 26 and 28, were arrested for possession of vaporisers under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993.
    
    
• On 26 June 2026, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted a joint enforcement operation in Sengkang and Punggol, supported by officers from CID and LTA. During this operation, LTA detected 25 offences and seized a total of 15 active mobility devices (AMDs). The offences include the use of non-compliant AMDs, failure to register personal mobility devices (PMDs), among other active mobility-related offences. Three teenagers, aged between 16 and 19, were also arrested for being suspected members of unlawful societies under Section 14(3) of the Societies Act 1966.

Between 1 June and 28 June 2026, Traffic Police conducted a series of enforcement operations against drink driving. A total of 66 motorists were stopped and tested for alcohol consumption at roadblocks set up across Singapore. Fifteen motorists, aged between 25 and 66, comprising 12 men and three women, failed the breathalyser test and were arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Among those arrested for drink driving, two motorists are also being investigated for additional traffic-related offences:

• On 12 June 2026, a 37-year-old male motorcyclist was stopped after he was observed riding against the flow of traffic. He failed a breathalyser test and was subsequently found to be riding without a valid driving licence, using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage and in possession of substances believed to be controlled drugs. He was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving without a valid driving licence, using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage and suspected drug-related offences.
  
  
• On 26 June 2026, a 26-year-old male driver was stopped for checks and failed a breathalyser test. Further investigations revealed that he had allegedly taken the vehicle without the owner’s consent and was driving while holding a Provisional Driving Licence (PDL). He was arrested for driving while under the influence of alcohol, driving without a valid driving licence, using a motor vehicle without insurance coverage and driving away a motor vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Investigations against the 1,776 persons are ongoing.

Director of SPF’s Operations Department, Senior Assistant Commissioner of Police Leon Chan, commended the officers from all the enforcement agencies for their professionalism and dedication. He said the scale and complexity of the operations required close coordination across agencies, which was instrumental in ensuring the success of the operations.

He added, “Public safety and security is a shared responsibility. The Police, together with partner agencies across the Whole of Government, will continue to use coordinated and targeted enforcement actions to prevent, detect and deter crime. Those who choose to engage in criminal activity will be dealt with to the fullest extent of the law.”.

Enforcement operation targeting illegal massage outlets in the vicinity of Jalan Mas Puteh

Anti-gambling operation in the vicinity of Sembawang Road

Cash and gambling paraphernalia seized during an anti-gambling operation in the vicinity of Yishun Street 61

Anti-vice operation in the vicinity of Toa Payoh

Anti-vice operation in the vicinity of Orchard

Enforcement operation against a Public Entertainment outlet in the vicinity of Upper Cross Street