Home Team officers, agencies lauded for efficiency and competency in major ops

Awards given out in 4 categories, including for innovation and operational excellence

- Zaihan Mohamed Yusof Senior Correspondent

The Central Narcotics Bureau in 2024 dismantled three overseas drug syndicates and seized more than 160kg of drugs, resulting in the arrests of 89 drug traffickers, including three syndicate leaders based overseas.

In the first half of 2025, the police and their partners also disrupted 30,000 scam websites.

Revealing this on Oct 29, Home Affairs Minister K. Shanmugam said at the Minister for Home Affairs awards presentation ceremony that Singapore will continue to invest significantly in the Home Team by building new capabilities and services, and adopting new technology to make the country safer and more secure.

Mr Shanmugam, who is also Coordinating Minister for National Security, said: “You know, we talk about law and order, it is not something top of the mind for Singaporeans ~ for good reason, because the law and order situation is stable, and therefore over a long period of time, Singaporeans have been conditioned not to even think about it.

“But good law and order is an essential condition for Singaporeans to lead a decent day-to-day life... We know that an effective, respected, credible Home Team is vital for Singapore to succeed.”

Held at the Home Team Academy, the awards ceremony saw 130 Home Team officers, teams and agencies lauded for demonstrating efficiency and competency in major operations or projects, including displaying high standards of innovation and service excellence.