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A total of 36 men and 13 women, aged between 16 and 70, are under investigation for various offences, following a series of multi-agency enforcement operations conducted from 24 August to 2 September 2026 in the vicinity of Geylang. 

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

Details of some of these operations are as follows:

• Between 27 and 29 August 2026, joint enforcement operations by Bedok Police Division, HSA, ICA, and CNB were conducted against the sale of illegal health products and illegal drug-related activities in the Geylang area. Cough syrup, sexual enhancement products, vaporisers and etomidate pods with a combined street value of more than $54,000 were seized. Two individuals were arrested under the Tobacco and Vaporiser Control Act 1993. They are also under investigation for offences under the Health Products Act 2007. Two men and a woman, aged 32 to 37, were arrested for suspected drug-related offences under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1973.
  
  
• Between 24 August and 2 September 2026, officers from the SPF conducted a series of operations against vice and secret societies-related activities in the vicinity of Geylang. Three women, aged 41 to 53, were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities under the Women’s Charter Act 1961.
  
  
• On 27 August 2026, Customs officers conducted enforcement operations against duty-unpaid cigarettes in Geylang. A total of 1,142 sticks of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized. 18 individuals, aged between 24 and 61, were issued composition sums under the Customs Act 1960.
  
  
• On 1 September 2026, officers from the Bedok Police Division conducted enforcement operations at a massage establishment outlet and one other premise in Geylang. Seven women, aged between 30 and 47, were arrested for their suspected involvement in vice-related activities under the Women’s Charter Act 1961. The massage establishment is assisting with investigations for infringement under the Massage Establishments Rules 2018, and the owner of the other premise is also assisting with investigations for offences under the Women’s Charter Act 1961.
  
  
• On 28 August 2026, officers from the LTA conducted enforcement operations against illegally modified Personal Mobility Devices (PMDs) and Power-Assisted Bicycles (PABs). 13 individuals, aged between 18 and 70, were caught violating the Active Mobility rules under the Active Mobility Act 2017. One PMD and eight PABs were also impounded during the operations. 
  
  
• On 30 August 2026, a joint operation involving CNB, ICA and officers from the Bedok Police Division was conducted across five hotels in the vicinity of Geylang. One individual was arrested for failure to attend in obedience to an order from a public servant. Another individual was arrested for forgery while one individual was arrested vide Police Gazette for an offence of theft by servant and for remaining unlawfully in Singapore.
  
  
• On 2 September 2026, officers from the SFA conducted enforcement operations against illegal street hawking in the vicinity of Geylang Lorongs. Second-hand goods were seized during the operation, and a 46-year-old man was investigated for offences under Section 33(a) of the Environmental Public Health Act. 

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

Superintendent of Police Letts Tan, Commanding Officer of Geylang Neighbourhood Police Centre, 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 said “The Police will continue to work closely with the relevant agencies to enforce the law against persons engaged in 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

Women’s Charter Act 1961

The offence of remote communication service used for offering or facilitating provision of sexual services, etc., under Section 146(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.

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 power-assisted bicycle (PAB), under Section 10, carries a fine not exceeding $20,000, or a jail term not exceeding 2 years, or both. Repeat offenders are liable to a fine not exceeding $40,000, or imprisonment not exceeding 4 years, or both.

Active Mobility Act 2017

The offence of riding a power assisted bicycle (PAB) or a personal mobility device, or driving or riding a motor vehicle that is not a mobility vehicle (i.e not a motorised wheelchair, a mobility scooter, or any other prescribed motor vehicle designed to carry an individual who is unable to walk or has difficulty in walking) on a public path that is a pedestrian-only path, carries, under Section 15, 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 among other things, a non-compliant PAB or a non-compliant personal mobility device on a public path that is a footpath or shared path carries, under Section 19, 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

Under the Health Products Act 2007, anyone caught importing, manufacturing and/or supplying illegal health products is liable on conviction, to an imprisonment term for up to 3 years and/or fined up to $100,000.

Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993 

Under the Tobacco and Vaporisers Control Act 1993, individuals caught possessing, using, or purchasing vaporisers may be fined up to $10,000. Under this Act, etomidate and its analogues are listed as Specified Psychoactive Substances (SPS) in the Schedule. Upon conviction, importers face a sentence of 3 to 20 years’ imprisonment and 5 to 15 strokes of the cane while suppliers face a sentence of 2 to 10 years’ imprisonment and 2 to 5 strokes of the cane. Individuals caught consuming SPS, possessing or purchasing SPS products, if prosecuted, face a fine up to $20,000, or imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years, or both.  

Enforcement operation against illegal health products, vaporisers and illegal drug-related activities between 27 and 29 August 2026

Enforcement operations against illegally PMDs and PABs on 28 August 2026

Enforcement operations at hotels in Geylang on 30 August 2026