SINGAPORE – A 22-year-old man was in the early hours of May 3 arrested for drunkenness in public causing annoyance, after latching on to the rear of a moving armoured security vehicle.

He held on for about 850m between Victoria Street and Stamford Road, until he was discovered by the auxiliary police force officers in the vehicle, the police said.

The security officers then got out of the vehicle, at which point the man “immediately stepped down and walked away”, police added.

Investigations revealed that the man – who appeared intoxicated – had tried to enter the armoured vehicle at about 3am that day in Queen Street when the auxiliary police force officers were loading ATM cash cartridges into the vehicle. They stopped him before driving off.

The officers called the police for assistance at about 4.20am after discovering the interloper. The man was arrested within two hours.

He was set to be charged in court on May 4. If found guilty of drunkenness in public places and causing annoyance, he may be fined up to $1,000, jailed for up to six months, or both.