Police in Singapore investigating suspect linked to Malaysian car cloning crime syndicate
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Mohd Mazuan Abdullah being escorted by police officers along Sungei Kadut Street 4 to retrace his steps in a vehicle theft and car cloning syndicate in Malaysia, on March 23.
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- Mohd Mazuan Abdullah, linked to a Malaysian car theft syndicate, was escorted to a Sungei Kadut crime scene after being handed over to Singapore police on March 16.
- Mazuan is charged with stealing a deregistered BMW in Singapore in November 2025; Malaysian police arrested 12 suspects, seizing vehicles worth approximately SG$359,000 in their operation in March 2026.
- Singapore saw a surge in deregistered vehicle-related crimes, with 245 cases reported in 2025, according to Acting Minister Jeffrey Siow.
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SINGAPORE – A probe into a car cloning outfit operating in Malaysia has extended to Singapore, with police investigating the role a Malaysian man allegedly played in car theft cases here.
On March 23, Mohd Mazuan Abdullah took officers from the Singapore Police Force (SPF) through a crime scene in Sungei Kadut Street 4, where police questioned him about a deregistered car which was stolen from outside a car scrapyard.
The 39-year-old, who was in hand and leg restraints, spoke to investigating officers outside the scrapyard at about 3pm.
Mazuan is already facing a charge involving the theft of a separate deregistered BMW worth $1,000. The car was stolen in November 2025 from Sungei Kadut Street 1, where another scrapyard is located.
The syndicate is said to be involved in selling stolen cars which carried cloned details of legally registered vehicles.
According to Malaysian media reports, syndicate members altered the chassis and engine numbers of the stolen cars to match legitimate vehicles, and forged documents, including registration cards, before selling the vehicles on the used-car market.
The Royal Malaysia Police (RMP) busted the syndicate and arrested 10 men and two women between March 12 and 15.
The syndicate is said to be involved in selling stolen cars which carried cloned details of legally registered vehicles.
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RMP also seized 12 vehicles worth about RM1.1 million ($357,000), including four said to have been stolen in Singapore.
Malaysian police handed over Mazuan, who was wanted in Singapore in connection with vehicle theft cases here, to SPF officers on March 16.
The investigation here comes amid reports that showed a surge in the number of hit-and-run accidents and crime cases involving deregistered vehicles in 2025.
Government figures showed that there were 245 cases reported in 2025, compared with 75 cases the previous year. There were 39 cases in 2023 and 40 cases in 2022.
