20 packets of duty-unpaid cigarettes were among the items found in the drain by police officers. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - The police are trying to establish the identity of the person reportedly seen inside a covered drain along a footpath in Hume Avenue on Thursday morning.
Photos of the incident show more than 10 police cars, around 30 police officers and a number of Gurkhas deployed to search for the man. Shin Min said the search efforts took more than five hours.
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