Alleged robber arrested

[Sun Quan]

Alleged robber arrested
By Mustafa Shafawi | Posted: 12 January 2011 1914 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 23-year-old man believed to have robbed a taxi driver at Yishun Ring Road.

The 48-year-old taxi driver reported that he had been robbed on December 6, 2010 at about 3.20am, by a man who was armed with a knife .

The victim had picked up the suspect as a passenger along Ang Mo Kio Avenue 6 and dropped him off near Blk 414 Yishun Ring Road.

Before alighting, the suspect informed the victim that he would return to pay him after withdrawing money from a nearby ATM.

However, when the suspect returned, he took out a knife and robbed the victim of S$290.

The suspect will be charged in on Thursday in court for armed robbery.

If convicted, he faces a jail term of up to 14 years and shall be liable to a minimum of 12 strokes of the cane.

-CNA/wk