Driver assisting with investigations after vapes found in parked car

A 37-year-old driver is assisting with police investigations after officers found vaporisers in his car during a patrol in Toa Payoh.

Police said officers were patrolling along Lorong 1 Toa Payoh at about 8.40pm on Tuesday (Aug 4) when they came across a car parked along the main road.

Checks on the vehicle uncovered e-vaporisers, which were seized.

The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) seized more than 190 e-vaporisers and over 450 related components from the car the man was driving and his home, according to an HSA spokesperson.

The spokesperson added: "The seized items have been sent for testing, and he is assisting with investigations."

While interviewing the driver, officers also found unlicensed gambling websites saved on his mobile phone.

He is assisting with investigations for gambling with an unlicensed gambling service provider.

@asiaone The 37-year-old driver is now assisting with investigations for gambling with an unlicensed gambling service provider. The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) will be looking into the e-vaporiser-related offence. #sgnews #Singapore #Police #Vape #Crime ♬ original sound - AsiaOne

Any person who gambles with an unlicensed gambling service provider faces a fine not exceeding $10,000, or imprisonment not exceeding six months, or both.

Under the Tobacco (Control of Advertisements and Sale) Act, vape users, sellers, and smugglers face fines of $10,000, $20,000 and $300,000 respectively. 

Sellers and smugglers may also be jailed for up to six years and nine years respectively.

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