Woman, 38, found asleep in illegally parked car in Upper Thomson Road, arrested for drug-related offences

A 38-year-old woman was found sleeping in an illegally parked car in a private estate in Upper Thomson and was arrested for drug-related offences.

This was after suspected drugs, drug-related paraphernalia and vaporisers were allegedly found in the vehicle.

The incident occurred on the morning of May 24 at Jalan Minggu, a landed residential estate in Upper Thomson.

Asleep

The woman was apparently found asleep in the driver's seat.

The car was illegally parked at an intersection between Jalan Isnin and Jalan Minggu, which prompted a police search.

According to Lianhe Zaobao, three police cars were parked at the side of the road, including a K9 police dog unit vehicle at about 11am that day.

Several officers were seen inspecting the vehicle and removing items from it, as well as letting police dogs sniff them one by one.

Approximately 15 minutes later, officers were seen removing a package from the car and emptying its contents onto the ground for inspection.

Several black box-like objects and multiple items believed to be e-cigarettes and drug-related items were seen.

Investigating officers proceeded to photograph the items.

Unfamiliar

An unnamed resident told Zaobao that the vehicle had been parked at the intersection since around 4am.

She claimed that she was unfamiliar with the vehicle and its licence plate, believing it did not belong to a resident.

The resident added that the woman was conveyed to the hospital at about 9am.

Drug-related offences

In response to Mothership’s queries, on May 23 at about 8:50am, police officers checked and woke up a 38-year-old woman who was found sleeping in the driver’s seat of a car parked along Jalan Minggu.

Suspected drugs, drug-related paraphernalia, and vaporisers were found at the scene.

The woman was conveyed conscious to the hospital.

She was subsequently arrested for suspected drug-related offences.

The suspected drug-related offences have been referred to the Central Narcotics Bureau, and the vaporiser-related offence has been referred to the Health Sciences Authority.

Investigations are ongoing.