About 35 seconds was all it took for the Police Coast Guard (PCG) to intercept an unauthorised boat that had, just seconds earlier, dropped an illegal immigrant off in Singapore waters. The high-speed chase off Punggol Barat took place on Monday, at about...
The PCG, which had worked with the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority to detect the vessel, estimated that the operation took about a minute - from the moment the unnumbered boat from Malaysia entered Singapore waters off Punggol Barat to the moment it was intercepted and the boatman was caught.
Deputy Superintendent Desmond Ong, commanding officer of the Special Task Squadron, who coordinated the operation, said that such operations were high risk. "And this is a high-speed operation, there are inherent risks to our operators... facing off in a high-risk situation."
Singapore Latest News, Singapore Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
US Navy, Coast Guard ships pass through strategic Taiwan StraitWASHINGTON (REUTERS) - The United States sent Navy and Coast Guard ships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday, the US military said, as part of an increase in the frequency of movement through the strategic waterway despite opposition from China.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
US Navy, Coast Guard ships pass through strategic Taiwan StraitWASHINGTON: The United States sent Navy and Coast Guard ships through the Taiwan Strait on Sunday (Mar 25), the military said, as the United ...
Read more »
Old Guard leader Ong Pang Boon honoured for his contributions to S'pore on his 90th birthdaySINGAPORE - In order to signal that national defence was a priority back in 1965, Mr Ong Pang Boon, together with fellow ministers Jek Yuen Thong and Othman Wok, led by example and volunteered to serve in the People's Defence Force.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Read more »
Guns and tourists: Aboard the unlikely India-Pakistan 'friendship bus'NEW DELHI: One Friday morning before dawn, a half-empty Volvo coach slipped out of New Delhi's Ambedkar bus terminal under armed guard, the sirens ...
Read more »
Singapore ghostbusters: Grand Master Chew and Master Jeroen Chew practise age old traditions offering solutions for ‘mysterious’ ailments“She was possessed by a ghost of a woman who committed suicide by hanging in East Coast Park,” pronounced GM Chew, diagnosing one of his clients who was behaving rather unusually
Read more »
Cyclone Trevor causes Australia power outages, set to strengthenCAIRNS, Australia: A powerful tropical cyclone that lashed the northeast coast of Australia, closing ports and causing power outages, is expected ...
Read more »
UN draws up plans to ‘facilitate’ Rohingya relocation to islandThe United Nations is making plans to help Bangladesh relocate thousands of Rohingya refugees to a remote island off its coast, documents seen by ...
Read more »
Twin cyclones batter AustraliaA 'very destructive' category 4 cyclone slammed into Australia's remote northern coast on Saturday, while a second, equally powerful storm bore ...
Read more »
Passengers airlifted from cruise ship stranded off NorwayRescue helicopters were evacuating people from a cruise ship which suffered engine failure on Saturday in windy conditions off the west coast of ...
Read more »
Cruise ship adrift off Norway to evacuate 1,300 passengersOSLO: A cruise ship has suffered engine failure in windy conditions off the west coast of Norway and its 1,300 passengers will be evacuated, ...
Read more »