Police in Singapore investigating suspect linked to Malaysian car cloning crime syndicate

Syndicate members reportedly altered chassis and engine numbers of stolen cars and sold them on the used-car market. Read more at straitstimes.com.

SINGAPORE – A probe into a car cloning outfit operating in Malaysia has extended to Singapore, with police investigating the role a Malaysian man allegedly played in car theft cases here.

On March 23, Mohd Mazuan Abdullah took officers from the Singapore Police Force through a crime scene in Sungei Kadut Street 4, where police questioned him about a deregistered car which was stolen from outside a car scrapyard.

The 39-year-old, who had hand and leg restraints, spoke to investigating officers outside the scrapyard at about 3pm.

Mazuan is already facing a charge involving the theft of a separate deregistered BMW worth $1,000. The car was stolen in November 2025 from Sungei Kadut Street 1, where another scrapyard is located

The syndicate is said to be involved in selling stolen cars which carried cloned details of legally registered vehicles.

According to Malaysian media reports, syndicate members altered the chassis and engine numbers of the stolen cars to match legitimate vehicles, and forged documents, including registration cards, before selling the vehicles on the used-car market.