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Jan 14, 2010
Vietnamese pickpockets caught
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> POLICE have arrested a young Vietnamese couple who pickpocketed an unsuspecting shopper's mobile phone in a crowded shopping mall on Dec 29.
The suspects, who are here on social visit passes, are also believed to have stolen from several other victims in a similar fashion. In the Dec 29 incident, the couple kept bumping into a 34-year-old woman who was shopping at a Bugis mall, arousing her suspicion. When the woman checked her bag, she found her mobile phone missing. She immediately ran after the couple, who had walked away. The victim managed to catch up with them and caught hold of the woman suspect's bag in a bid to detain her. But she broke free and the fled with the man. The victim then called the Police.
Police managed to establish the identities of the suspects, and arrested the 17-year-old Vietnamese woman at Immigration and Checkpoints Authority Building at Kallang Road. They later caught the 19 year-old Vietnamese man at the Immigration Checkpoint of Changi Airport as he was about to leave Singapore. About S$1,000 and some foreign currencies, 14 mobile phones, three digital cameras, six bottles of perfume and two media players were found on the man. The two suspects will be charged in Court on Friday for theft. They can be jailed up to three years and fined, if convicted.
Home > Breaking News > Singapore > Story
Jan 14, 2010
Vietnamese pickpockets caught
<!-- by line --> <!-- end by line --> POLICE have arrested a young Vietnamese couple who pickpocketed an unsuspecting shopper's mobile phone in a crowded shopping mall on Dec 29.
The suspects, who are here on social visit passes, are also believed to have stolen from several other victims in a similar fashion. In the Dec 29 incident, the couple kept bumping into a 34-year-old woman who was shopping at a Bugis mall, arousing her suspicion. When the woman checked her bag, she found her mobile phone missing. She immediately ran after the couple, who had walked away. The victim managed to catch up with them and caught hold of the woman suspect's bag in a bid to detain her. But she broke free and the fled with the man. The victim then called the Police.
Police managed to establish the identities of the suspects, and arrested the 17-year-old Vietnamese woman at Immigration and Checkpoints Authority Building at Kallang Road. They later caught the 19 year-old Vietnamese man at the Immigration Checkpoint of Changi Airport as he was about to leave Singapore. About S$1,000 and some foreign currencies, 14 mobile phones, three digital cameras, six bottles of perfume and two media players were found on the man. The two suspects will be charged in Court on Friday for theft. They can be jailed up to three years and fined, if convicted.
