A 15-year-old from Myanmar is being kicked out of Singapore. She’s also banned from coming back.
The reason? Authorities caught her with an e-vaporiser pod containing etomidate.
The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority (ICA) pulled her Long-Term Visit Pass on 14 November 2025. Police officers discovered the e-vaporiser pod—also called a Kpod—during a routine check.
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Health Sciences Authority (HSA) announced the case on 8 December 2025 through a joint press release.
First Case Under New Rules
This is the first time a foreigner has lost their long-term immigration facility for possessing an etomidate e-vaporiser.
Singapore rolled out an enhanced anti-vaping framework on 1 September 2025. The new rules are pretty clear: foreigners caught with etomidate e-vaporisers can have their pass or immigration facility revoked. Testing positive for etomidate? Same consequences. Deportation and a ban from returning to Singapore.
What Happens Next
The teenager got a Special Pass. This lets her stay in Singapore temporarily while helping police investigate other criminal offences.
Once investigators wrap up her case, she’ll be deported. And she won’t be allowed back in.
