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==Description==
The 2023 Theft Of Private Bus Case In Tampines was a incident that involved a 12 Year Old Boy who stole a bus owned by a private operator and drove it for more than 5 hours. The incident happened at a heavy vehicle park located at the junction of [[Tampines Avenue 9]] and [[Tampines Avenue 10]], located in [[Tampines]].

==The Incident==
On the morning of 12 April 2023, A 12 Year Old boy entered a Man NL323F bus owned by private operator [[A&S Transit Bus Deployments|A&S Transit]]. The boy managed to drive the bus for five hours, visiting the towns of [[Punggol]], [[Pasir Ris]], [[Tampines]] and [[Bedok]].

==Aftermath==
The bus was reported missing and was later found abandoned along an unknown road in [[Bedok]] with scratches and chips to exterior paint of the bus. The boy was later seen with police officers at a nearby HDB Block's void deck. After checks to the bus were carried out, it was discovered that the boy had wasted a quarter of the diesel fuel avalible in the tank.

==Editing Of Facebook Post About The Incident==
A Facebook post embedded by Mothership originally contained several pictures and a video of the damage of the bus. After the original post became popular, the content of the post was later change to a anime-related picture. The picture was quickly taken down by the original poster.

==References==
1. https://mothership.sg/2023/04/boy-steal-bus/

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