This National Day Parade 2017 has been gazetted as a special event under the Public Order Act.

What this means is that on Aug. 9, the flying of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) like drones are prohibited, unless the pilot has a permit. This will be in effect for 24 hours.

As part of a security exercise ahead of NDP 2017, the police demonstrated how they would take down a pilot flying an unregistered drone into the area, which Channel NewsAsia filmed and uploaded onto Facebook on Aug. 3:

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The actors of the moment

Once again, our security forces have demonstrated award-winning acting:

Look at the patience and steely perseverance they have waiting for the culprit to land his drone before catching him:

Luckily, the illegal drone pilot showed remarkable remorse when he was arrested, allowing the officers to arrest him without much protest:

In the end, all's well that ends well:

What beautiful acting.

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Top image via ChannelNewsAsia's Facebook post