This week's top reads from The Straits Times, May 31, 2025
One of them climbed on top of a lorry on its side and tried unsuccessfully to open the jammed door.
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Man appears dazed after falling off motorbike in Geylang
Man appears dazed after falling off motorbike in Geylang A motorcyclist fell to the ground at a traffic junction in Geylang in the early hours of May 28. A Stomper alerted Stomp to a video posted by Facebook user Wilfred Tung of the incident that happened at Geylang Road at about 5.23am. In the video, the traffic lights turn green but the motorcyclist has trouble moving off. He eventually falls to the road with his bike. Wilfred and a bus captain rush to the rider and help him lift his motorcycle upright. In his post, Wilfred said that he suspects the rider was 'high' on Kpods - vape juice that is usually mixed with etomidate, an anaesthetic used in some non-surgical procedures. Wilfred wrote: "I ask him, 'Eh bro, you okay or not?' He smile smile and say 'Sorry ahh, I tired'." After noticing the rider holding something in his left hand, Wilfred asked him: "You sure is tired... or Kpods?" "Eh please leh, your own life don't want cherish never mind, but don't sabo other people leh. "And this stupid Kpods really destroy people." Kpods have been linked to a number of recent cases involving erratic behaviour and public disturbances and have been described as a 'growing scourge' in Singapore. Click here to contribute a story or submit it to our WhatsApp Get more of Stomp's latest updates by following us on:
Straits Times
an hour ago
- Straits Times
Snakes on a plane: Indian smuggler caught with venomous vipers
The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, had the snakes 'concealed in checked-in baggage', Mumbai Customs said in a statement late on June 1. PHOTOS: MUMBAI CUSTOMS/X Mumbai - A passenger smuggling dozens of venomous vipers was stopped after flying into the financial capital Mumbai from Thailand, Indian customs officials said. The snakes, which included 44 Indonesian pit vipers, had the snakes 'concealed in checked-in baggage', Mumbai Customs said in a statement late on June 1. 'An Indian national arriving from Thailand was arrested,' it added. The passenger, details of whom were not released, also had three Spider-tailed horned vipers – which are venomous, but usually only target small prey such as birds – as well as five Asian leaf turtles. Mumbai Customs issued photographs of the seized snakes, including blue and yellow reptiles squirming in a bucket. The snakes are a relatively unusual seizure in Mumbai, with customs officers more regularly posting pictures of hauls of smuggled gold, cash, cannabis or pills of suspected cocaine swallowed by passengers. However, in February, customs officials at Mumbai airport also stopped a smuggler with five Siamang gibbons, a small ape native to the forests of Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. Those small creatures, listed as endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature, were 'ingeniously concealed' in a plastic crate placed inside the passenger's trolley bag, customs officers said. In November, customs officers seized a passenger carrying a wriggling live cargo of 12 turtles, and a month before, four hornbill birds, all on planes arriving from Thailand. In September, two passengers were arrested with five juvenile caimans, a reptile in the alligator family. AFP Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
CNA
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- CNA
At least 6 injured after man throws firebombs into crowd in Colorado, suspect arrested
At least six people were left with burns on Sunday (Jun 1) after a man threw incendiary devices into a crowd in Boulder, Colorado. The crowd was part of an ongoing demonstration to remember Israeli hostages who remain in Gaza. The FB is investigating this as a targeted act of violence.
