Man jailed for burglary and drug-related offences
Published on Jan 20, 2012
By Elena Chong
A young man who targeted maisonettes and flats in Bukit Batok and Jurong West to break in was packed off to jail for 42 months on Friday for burglary and drug-related offences.
Adam Jamaluddin's crime spree lasted about five months before he was caught by the police at his home on Nov 18 last year.
The total amount of property he stole was worth approximately $37,500 of which $8,110 worth of goods had been recovered.
The 21-year-old former window cleaner, who faced 23 charges, pleaded guilty to six charges of housebreaking and theft and one each of heroin possession and consumption.
Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.