SINGAPORE — A man believed to be wearing only his underwear sparked a five-hour search on Thursday (May 25) along Hume Avenue in Hillview after a call was made to the police that a person had been spotted in a drain.
— A man believed to be wearing only his underwear sparked a five-hour search on Thursday along Hume Avenue in HillviewWhen TODAY arrived at the scene at 9.15am, eight police vehicles were parked along the road. The drain cover nearest to a path leading towards the Rail Corridor was cordoned off, with the police directing curious onlookers away from the scene.
He told TODAY that he was out for a walk at about 6.30am when he noticed a light shining out of a hole in one of the drain hole covers.when I noticed a light shining from a hole in the drainage cover," the resident at a Hume Avenue condominium said.Mr Ilano filmed the man in the drain on his phone, but hesitated to call the police because he thought the man might have been working, or a repair man. However, he later noticed that the man was wearing only his underwear.
"Two police officers then came by around 6.50am or 7am, and they seemed surprised that there really was a man in the drain. They then asked people to stay away before calling for back-up."A worker loading a lorry with a trash bag of items retrieved from a drain along a footpath on Hume Avenue on May 25, 2023.Between 11.50am and 12.
The route between Hume Avenue and the Rail Corridor is often crowded in the morning with people going for a morning walk or run, or to get breakfast at the Rail Mall nearby.
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