According to the Traffic Police's mid-year report released in August, there were 78 fatal accidents between January and June this year, up from 70 in the same period in 2024.
However, Trump's low-key remarks during the radio call-in suggested that this escalation may no longer be just a plan — and that land strikes could already be underway.
The passenger in the front seat and another person sitting next to Joshua — who was reportedly seated behind the driver — were killed instantly at the scene.
China's role in the synthetic drug trade fits this pattern. The state does not need to order chemical firms to supply traffickers if regulatory ambiguity and weak oversight already make such behaviour profitable and low risk.
Investigators are keeping every possibility on the table in Olmos' disappearance, including kidnapping, human trafficking, or the chance that she left on her own, Salazar said.
The authorities said the seized drugs have an estimated street value of more than S$237,000 and could have fed the addiction of approximately 1,440 drug abusers for a week.