Driver didn’t comply with police signal to stop, car later found in Punggol
The police are looking for a driver who evaded a police check in Paya Lebar early in the morning on the first day of Chinese New Year (17 Feb).
Their car was later found abandoned in Punggol, with a video on Telegram showing several police vehicles at Block 122A Edgedale Plains.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Several police vehicles seen below Punggol block
In the clip, recorded by a passing motorist and posted at 4.02am on Tuesday, the police vehicles were parked along the service road next to the block, including one next to a clinic.
One police vehicle was also seen in the sheltered driveway.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Another police vehicle partially blocked one of the entrances to the service road.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Earlier, another user in the Telegram channel said they saw the police chasing a Malaysia-registered car along Hougang Street 12.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Yet another user said they saw the chase in progress along Rivervale Drive in Sengkang.
Source: SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram
Witness sees police chase car in Punggol, but doesn’t see driver
An employee of a grocery store in the block told Shin Min Daily News that he was about to go home after closing shop when he saw six or seven police cars chasing a red BMW, which turned into the carpark.
He later saw the car being towed away later that morning at about 8am, but did not see its driver.
When he subsequently checked CCTV footage, he could not find a clear image of the driver, either.
Police chased car from Airport Road to Edgedale Plains
In response to queries from MS News, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) said the incident took place at about 2.20am on 17 Feb.
The Traffic Police had put up a roadblock along Airport Road in the direction of the Kallang-Paya Lebar Expressway (KPE) when an officer signalled for a car to stop for checks.
However, the driver did not stop and instead sped away.
After the police gave chase, they finally located the car in the vicinity of Edgedale Plains — a distance of 9.3km from where it was first flagged.
Efforts to trace the driver are underway, SPF added.
Police investigations are ongoing.
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Featured image adapted from SGRoad Blocks / Traffic News on Telegram.
