Man arrested for trying to swim into Singapore via jetty off Kranji

The Police Coast Guard had detected the man in the sea off Charcoal Jetty, Kranji, heading towards Singapore waters. PHOTO: ST FILE

SINGAPORE - A 32-year-old man was on Tuesday (Dec 13) arrested for unlawful entry into Singapore.

He was spotted in the waters off Kranji's Charcoal Jetty at 9.42pm, the police said in a news release on Wednesday.

The Police Coast Guard swiftly deployed land and sea resources, and the man was subsequently intercepted and apprehended at 10.03pm.

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