Chow Chow seen running along CTE found after 2 days of search efforts

A pet dog seen running on the Central Expressway (CTE) on Sunday (Dec 7) was found on Tuesday afternoon, shortly after the reward for finding the lost animal was upped to $5,000.

According to a Telegram chat group set up to coordinate search efforts for Kiko, the Chow Chow was discovered in a drain at 8 Mar Thoma Road at about 3.15pm.

A man who was distributing posters of Kiko in the area saw the male dog and carried him out.

Kiko has been reunited with his owners, who rushed to the location upon receiving the news.

On Monday, owner Matthew Teh told AsiaOne he was offering a $1,000 reward for Kiko's safe return.

Dashcam footage complied and posted by Facebook page SGRV showed the Chow Chow ambling between vehicles, heading against the flow of traffic.

In one clip, it dashes across several lines, appearing to brush against the front bumper of a car in the process.

According to a lost dog poster pasted around the Boon Keng estate, the male dog was last spotted at about 6.46pm on Sunday near the CTE exit leading to 6 Mar Thoma Road.

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