Police say suspect used a fraudulently obtained mobile line and pelted patrol cars with eggs during fake callouts
A 28-year-old man in Singapore is set to be charged after allegedly making 18 prank calls to the police hotline over nearly two months, with three of those incidents escalating into egg attacks on responding police vehicles. The case has drawn attention not only for the false reports, but also for the alleged deliberate targeting of officers who came to investigate.
Police say the suspect made 18 false reports
Police said the man allegedly made 18 prank calls between Feb. 3 and March 22, falsely reporting criminal activities. According to the police account, those calls caused officers to respond to incidents that did not actually exist.
The alleged false reports were serious enough to trigger repeated deployments, turning what may appear to be nuisance behavior into a misuse of emergency law enforcement resources.
Three police cars were pelted with eggs
On March 15, 21, and 22, officers responding to the bogus incidents were allegedly met with eggs being thrown at their police cars after they got out to check for criminal activity. Police said those three episodes are central to the vandalism case now being brought.
That means the matter goes beyond prank calling alone. Investigators are treating it as a case involving both false emergency reports and direct acts against police property.
Mobile line was allegedly obtained using a lost identity card
Police said they traced the suspect on March 24. Preliminary investigations then found that he had allegedly obtained a mobile line by fraudulently using an identity card that had previously been reported lost. Police said that line was then used to make the prank calls.
That detail is significant because it suggests the alleged conduct involved an added layer of deception designed to hide the caller’s identity.
He will be charged with vandalism
Police said the man will be charged in court on March 25 with vandalism. Under the penalties cited by police, a person found guilty of vandalism may face a fine of up to S$2,000, up to three years’ jail, and caning of between three and eight strokes.
The police also said they have “zero tolerance” for acts that show blatant disregard for the law and that offenders will be dealt with sternly.
Why the case matters
This case matters because prank calls do not just waste time. They divert officers away from real emergencies, create unnecessary risk during responses, and can erode trust in emergency reporting systems if repeated often enough. The alleged egging of police vehicles also suggests an intentional attempt to turn false callouts into confrontational incidents.
For Singaporeans, the message is straightforward: false emergency reports are treated seriously, especially when they are repeated and tied to other offenses. For regional readers, including in Indonesia, the case also highlights how tightly Singapore protects the integrity of emergency services and how quickly apparently “minor” pranks can become arrestable criminal conduct.
The Singapore case shows how a pattern of prank behavior can escalate into a full criminal prosecution when police resources are repeatedly misused and officers are put in the line of deliberate nuisance or attack. The court proceedings will now determine the legal consequences, but the police response already makes clear that such conduct is being treated as more than a joke.
Sources: Asia One (2026) , Straits Times (2026)
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