Man believed to have stolen S$300,000 of jewellery arrested
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By Wang Zheng | Posted: 27 September 2010 1850 hrs
SINGAPORE : Police have arrested a 29-year-old man who is believed to have broken into a jewellery shop at People's Park Complex last Tuesday and made away with about S$300,000 worth of jewellery.
The suspect was identified from CCTV recordings.
The shop owner said the CCTV footage showed the suspect was unsuccessful in trying to break into other shops.
And even though he spent only about two minutes in the jewellery shop, he still managed to make away with about 600 gold necklaces.
After identifying the 29-year-old suspect, the police tried to ambush him at various locations before successfully nabbing him at Bukit Gombak MRT station on Sunday.
The man led the officers to a flat in Bukit Batok where 404 pieces of jewellery were recovered.
The officers also discovered several mobile phones and computer notebooks which are believed to be stolen.
Deputy Assistant Commissioner Tan Hung Hooi, Commander of Central Police Division, said: "We had very little leads to work on for this case, but we did not give up.
"In fact, we persisted and continued with our investigations and islandwide ambushes. This is definitely a good arrest case as we successfully prevented the criminal from continuing with his crime spree."
The suspect will be charged in court on Tuesday. If convicted, he faces a maximum jail term of ten years.
- CNA/al
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Oct 5, 2010 - Straits Times
Burglar faces more charges
by Elena Chong
A MAN who was charged a week ago with burglary of a Chinatown goldsmith shop involving $300,000 worth of jewellery was further accused of 16 charges.
The property involved in the fresh charges against Tan Kok Leng, 29, amounted to more than $100,000.
Among other things, he is alleged to have committed housebreaking and theft at two jewellery shops at Tiong Bahru Plaza and Jurong Point, breaking into HDB flats and theft from various people.
The prosecution asked that he be remanded for another week as more charges would be tendered at the next mention.
Tan was remanded again until Oct 12.
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serial criminal.
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Aiyah, i thot is for the 30k ring
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Originally posted by Mr Milo:
Aiyah, i thot is for the 30k ring
300K ring.
