19 drivers caught offering illegal ride-hailing services here and across border

Some 19 drivers were caught offering illegal ride-hailing services within Singapore and across the border with Malaysia on Aug 5.

- Lee Nian Tjoe

They were caught in a combined operation by the Land Transport Authority (LTA) and the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority that targeted such activities at a land checkpoint, and through LTA's patrols at Gardens by the Bay and Changi Airport.

This is the first time the agencies has conducted such an operation at a land checkpoint.

In a statement on its Facebook page on Aug 6, LTA said the vehicles involved were impounded.

When asked, LTA did not say at which of the two checkpoints the crackdown happened, but a video shared on social media seen by The Straits Times suggests it was at Tuas Checkpoint.

According to LTA, 136 drivers have been caught providing illegal cross-border passenger transport services since 2022, and their foreign-registered vehicles were impounded.