Singapore: Indian-origin man jailed, fined for smuggling puppy in laundry bag

A Malaysian man of Indian origin has been sentenced to eight weeks in jail and fined SGD 2,500 for a bizarre case of animal smuggling—hiding a live puppy in a laundry bag and sneaking it across the border into Singapore. Mahentharan Ganesan, 43, was caught at the Tuas checkpoint on October 20, 2023, after Singapore’s Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) officers discovered the puppy concealed in a laundry bag tucked inside the spare tyre compartment of his vehicle.

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