The Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a case of snatch theft.
On 5 July 2023 at about 9.45pm, the Police were alerted to a case of snatch theft near an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) along Tampines Street 81 where a man had purportedly snatched cash amounting to $600 from a female victim.
Through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from Police cameras, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him within three hours of the report. The stolen cash was recovered.
The man will be charged in court on 7 July 2023 with the offence of snatch theft under Section 356 of the Penal Code 1871. The offence carries an imprisonment term of not less than one year and not more than seven years, and caning.
The Police will not tolerate such brazen acts of crime and will spare no effort to apprehend such offenders and deal with them in accordance with the law.
SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
06 July 2023 @ 2:30 PM