7 drivers caught at Woodlands, Tuas checkpoints for illegal cross-border ride-hailing services

A total of seven drivers were on Thursday (Oct 8) caught for providing illegal cross-border taxi services at Singapore's land checkpoints.

The operation was mounted acting on regular tip-offs from the National Private Hire Vehicle Association and the National Taxi Association, said the Land Transport Authority (LTA) in a Facebook post the same evening.

According to Senior Minister of State for Transport Sun Xueling, a total of 5,400 vehicles have now been checked since July last year, with 254 vehicles impounded.

"We remain committed to taking firm enforcement actions against illegal cross-border service providers as such services undermine passenger safety and affect the livelihoods of our local point-to-point transport drivers," the senior minister of state wrote in a Facebook post.

Meanwhile, LTA reminded providers of such illegal services that those caught could face fines of up to $3,000, jail of up to six months, or both.

Vehicles used could also be forfeited, the authority added.

Members of the public are reminded to book only licensed cross-border ride-hailing services such as Grab , or have a Singapore-registered cross-border taxi service to pick them up anywhere in Singapore, for drop-off anywhere in Johor Bahru, Iskandar Puteri, Forest City, Kulai and Senai.

周四（10 月 8 日），共有 7 名司机因在新加坡陆路关卡提供非法跨境出租车服务而被抓获。

陆路交通管理局（LTA）当晚在Facebook上发帖称，此次行动是根据全国私召车协会和全国出租车协会定期提供的线索展开的。

据交通运输部高级国务部长孙雪玲介绍，自去年7月以来，已累计检查车辆5400辆，其中254辆被扣押。

“我们将继续采取坚决的执法行动打击非法跨境服务提供商，因为此类服务损害乘客安全，并影响我们当地点对点运输司机的生计，”这位高级国务部长在Facebook帖子中写道。

与此同时，陆路交通管理局提醒提供此类非法服务的企业，被抓获者可能面临最高 3000 美元的罚款、最高 6 个月的监禁，或两者并罚。

该部门还补充说，使用的车辆也可能被没收。

提醒公众，请仅预订获得许可的跨境网约车服务（例如 Grab），或选择新加坡注册的跨境出租车服务，以便在新加坡境内任何地点接您，并在新山、依斯干达公主城、森林城市、古来和士乃的任何地方下车。