2 syndicate leaders jailed over roles in group that stored nearly 58,000 vape items in ‘warehouses’

Published Oct 05, 2026, 03:12 PM

Updated Oct 05, 2026, 03:12 PM

Two syndicate leaders - Wong Ee Wei and Kenneth Tan Hong Chang - were jailed over their roles in a group that stored nearly 58,000 vape products in two “warehouses”.

Their accomplice and subordinate, Tiffany Lim Hui Peng, who is Tan's wife, was also jailed on Oct 5.

The trio and three others had earlier pleaded guilty to their offences in September.

SINGAPORE - Two syndicate leaders and the wife of one of them were jailed on Oct 5 over roles they played in a group that stored nearly 58,000 vape products in two “warehouses”.

One of the leaders, Wong Ee Wei, 29, who earned up to $280,000 while working in the syndicate, was sentenced to two years and a month in jail, and a fine of $100,000.

He will have to spend another four months behind bars should he fail to pay the fine.

He had earlier pleaded guilty to one count each of being a member of the syndicate and engaging in a conspiracy to possess more than 12,000 vaporisers at one of the “warehouses” – a rented terraced house in Lentor.

The second leader, Kenneth Tan Hong Chang, 31, had earned about $36,000 while he was part of the syndicate.

He was sentenced to three years and nine months’ jail on Oct 5.

He was also fined $36,000 and will be spending another five weeks behind bars should he fail to pay it.

Tan had pleaded guilty to being a member of the syndicate, and being in possession of more than 4,500 vaporisers at another “warehouse” - a condominium in the Canberra area in Sembawang.

He had also admitted to other unrelated offences including disturbing the public peace by fighting, and driving a car even though he was earlier disqualified from doing so.

For this traffic offence, he was sentenced to eight months’ jail, which was part of his total jail term.

He was also disqualified from holding or obtaining all classes of driving licences for a period of 12 years from his release date.

The syndicate leaders had taken instructions from a person known only as “Nobody”, purportedly based in Malaysia.

They also managed the “warehouses” and also coordinated the deliveries of vape products from Malaysia as arranged by “Nobody”.

On Oct 5, Tan’s wife, Tiffany Lim Hui Peng, 30, who had rented the Canberra condominium unit and earned around $44,000 while she was part of the group, was sentenced to a year and six months’ jail.

She was also fined $44,000 and will have to spend another six weeks behind bars should she fail to pay the amount.

She had pleaded guilty to one count each of being a member of the syndicate and being in possession of 41 disposable vaporisers, 40 vaporiser cartridges and 600 heatsticks – tobacco products that are heated instead of burned.

She also admitted she had allowed the crime group to use the condominium unit in their unlawful activities.

The court heard the group delivered up to 210 orders of vaporisers and components daily.

Three other men - Ng Tai Lun, 27, Adrian Chia Hong Qing, 33, and Tan Yi Tan, 36, who had also admitted to being part of the syndicate, were dealt with in court on Oct 1 .

A seventh offender, Roy Tan Jun Jie, 34, was sentenced to 10 months’ jail and fined $45,000 on Aug 19.

Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.

发布于 2026 年 10 月 5 日下午 3:12

更新于2026年10月5日下午3:12

两名犯罪团伙头目——黄义伟和陈鸿昌——因参与在两个“仓库”中储存近 58,000 件电子烟产品而被判入狱。

他们的同伙和下属，谭的妻子林慧萍，也于 10 月 5 日被判入狱。

这三人和其他三人此前已于9月份认罪。

新加坡——10月5日，两名犯罪团伙头目及其妻子因参与一个在两个“仓库”中储存近58000件电子烟产品的团伙而被判入狱。

其中一名头目，29岁的黄义伟，在犯罪集团工作期间赚取了高达28万美元的收入，被判处两年零一个月监禁，并处罚金10万美元。

如果他未能缴纳罚款，他将不得不再服刑四个月。

他此前已承认犯有一项罪名，即作为犯罪集团成员参与一项阴谋，在其中一个“仓库”（伦托尔的一栋租来的排屋）内持有超过 12,000 个电子烟。

第二名头目，31岁的陈鸿昌（Kenneth Tan Hong Chang），在参与该犯罪集团期间赚取了约36000美元。

10月5日，他被判处三年零九个月监禁。

他还被罚款 36,000 美元，如果他不缴纳罚款，还将被判入狱五周。

Tan承认自己是该犯罪集团的成员，并在另一处“仓库”（位于三巴旺堪培拉地区的一处公寓）持有超过4500个电子烟。

他还承认犯有其他无关罪行，包括扰乱公共秩序（打架）和无视先前被取消驾驶资格驾驶汽车。

他因违反交通规则被判处八个月监禁，这是他总刑期的一部分。

自获释之日起 12 年内，他也不得持有或取得任何类别的驾驶执照。

该犯罪团伙头目听命于一个只被称为“无名氏”的人，据称此人居住在马来西亚。

他们还管理“仓库”，并协调由“无名氏”安排的从马来西亚运送电子烟产品的事宜。

10 月 5 日，谭的妻子，30 岁的林慧萍（Tiffany Lim Hui Peng）被判处一年零六个月监禁。林慧萍租住了堪培拉的一套公寓，作为该团伙的一员，她每月收入约 44,000 美元。

她还被罚款 44,000 美元，如果未能支付罚款，她将不得不再入狱六周。

她承认犯有一项罪名，即成为该犯罪集团的成员，以及持有 41 个一次性电子烟、40 个电子烟烟弹和 600 个加热棒（加热而不是燃烧的烟草制品）。

她还承认，她允许犯罪团伙使用该公寓单元进行非法活动。

法庭获悉，该团伙每天交付多达 210 份电子烟及其组件的订单。

另外三名男子——27岁的吴泰伦、33岁的谢鸿庆和36岁的陈义坦，也承认是该犯罪集团的成员，于10月1日在法庭上接受了审判。

第七名罪犯，34岁的陈俊杰（Roy Tan Jun Jie），于8月19日被判处10个月监禁并罚款45000美元。

沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。