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Vaswani Richard Prakash rammed into a pedestrian while trying to evade the police during a car chase in 2021.
Singapore

Driver who hit pedestrian during police chase pleads guilty

Cannabis for sale is displayed at a cafe in Bangkok on Sept 12, 2022.
Singapore

Unknowingly consuming drugs overseas usually not an offence

MinLaw and MHA said every country has the sovereign right to determine its own criminal justice system.
Singapore

NGOs' claims of international consensus against death penalty refuted

The Central Narcotics Bureau had investigated Joseph Schooling and fellow national swimmer Amanda Lim for the consumption of cannabis.
Singapore

Schooling, Lim determined to make amends: Edwin Tong

Minister of Home Affairs and Law K. Shanmugam noted the difficulties in policing and controlling the use of cannabis.
Singapore

Thailand legalising cannabis poses challenges: Shanmugam

Joseph Schooling has confessed to consuming cannabis while he was on short-term disruption from national service in May.
Swimming

No favouritism shown in Joseph Schooling's case

The Straits Times has been covering Joseph Schooling's career since he was a young promising swimmer.
Swimming

A look back at Schooling's journey from kid to swim king

Joseph Schooling during the SEA Games in Hanoi on May 16. He has confessed to taking cannabis while in Vietnam for the Games.
Swimming

Sports fraternity shocked by Schooling's cannabis use

Swimmers Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim have both been found to have consumed a controlled drug.
Swimming

Joseph Schooling: I gave in to a moment of weakness

    An airsoft gun and pellets were also seized in the raids which covered areas such as Bukit Batok, Kallang and Sengkang.
    Singapore

    Drugs worth over $500k seized, 134 suspects nabbed

    Loh Kok Kiong (left) and Soh Yong Xin were allegedly caught with drugs at a house in Forest City on Aug 9.
    Singapore

    Singaporean, girlfriend face drug charges in Malaysia

    A total of about 2,555g of heroin, 10g of ‘Ice’ and 26g of cannabis were seized in an operation at Boon Lay Drive on Aug 17, 2022.
    Singapore

    7 arrested, drugs worth $268k seized

    Swimmers Joseph Schooling and Amanda Lim have both been found to have consumed a controlled drug.
    Swimming

    Joseph Schooling: I gave in to a moment of weakness

    An airsoft gun and pellets were also seized in the raids which covered areas such as Bukit Batok, Kallang and Sengkang.
    Singapore

    Drugs worth over $500k seized, 134 suspects nabbed

    Loh Kok Kiong (left) and Soh Yong Xin were allegedly caught with drugs at a house in Forest City on Aug 9.
    Singapore

    Singaporean, girlfriend face drug charges in Malaysia

    A total of about 2,555g of heroin, 10g of ‘Ice’ and 26g of cannabis were seized in an operation at Boon Lay Drive on Aug 17, 2022.
    Singapore

    7 arrested, drugs worth $268k seized

    The Court of Appeal said Lawyers for Liberty had abused the court's process by joining the pair in filing a criminal motion.
    Singapore

    Malaysian group ordered to pay costs in death penalty case

    Some Ice, cannabis and Ecstasy tablets seized in the vicinity of Haig Road during a CNB operation on July 21, 2022.
    Singapore

    100 suspects arrested, drugs worth $470k seized

    Justice Andrew Phang said this was yet another incident of an abuse of the court process.
    Singapore

    Drug trafficker fails to get stay of execution on Friday

    The woman was rescued by officers from the SCDF and, though unharmed, was warded in a hospital for observation.
    Singapore

    7 months pregnant woman climbs down building to evade CNB

    Offensive weapons, including a knuckle duster, pepper spray and ‘Karambit’ knife, seized from a CNB operation conducted on July 13, 2022.
    Singapore

    Suspected drug trafficker used pepper spray on CNB officers

    Malaysian lawyer Zaid Abd Malek had been served a 24-month conditional warning for contempt of court, said the police.
    Singapore

    Police warn Malaysian lawyer about contempt