Eight women, ages 34 to 49, were detained on suspicion of offering sexual services in massage parlors and TCM stores.

In the wake of many raids throughout Singapore, police have detained 35 people, ranging in age from 25 to 58, on suspicion of engaging in vice-related activities.

Possessed a "TCM" store.

Nine people were detained in six sites around Jurong East Avenue 1 and Jurong East Street 31 between November 12 and December 3, 2024, as part of a joint operation by the Housing & Development Board (HDB), Clementi Police Division, and the Criminal Investigation Department (CID).

One massage parlor was discovered to be operating without a valid license out of the six sites.

Investigations also revealed that it had been showing a prior tenant's invalid Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) registration and practice certificate.

Although none of the other five stores have the necessary licenses to offer massages, it is thought that they are TCM establishments offering massage services.

One of the five TCM stores is not registered as a location of practice by any TCM practitioner, according to preliminary inquiries.

Eight women between the ages of 34 and 49 were taken into custody on suspicion of offering sex services at these establishments.

Additionally, a 58-year-old man was taken into custody for overseeing an assignment location.

These businesses' owners are being investigated for offering massage services without the proper licenses.

Hotel attack in Geylang

In a different police and Immigration & Checkpoints Authority (ICA) search on December 6, 26 individuals aged 25 to 29 were taken into custody at a hotel at Geylang Lorong 12 for vice-related offenses.

Among those detained was a 42-year-old woman who was supposedly in charge of syndicate activities.

There are still investigations going on.