Police arrest foreign worker for theft
Posted: 12 August 2011 2105 hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 27-year-old foreign domestic worker for the theft of more than S$84,000 in cash and valuables from her employer.
Police said they received a report that a house off Bartley Road was broken into last Saturday.
A safe containing a large amount of cash and valuables was missing from the house.
Police said following intensive investigations and analysis of the crime scene, the officers had strong reasons to believe that the domestic worker in the house could have been involved.
Based on their findings, the officers returned to the victim's residence to conduct further checks and interviews.
The officers found two bags containing some cash hidden within the house.
Police said the domestic worker admitted to staging a break-in to conceal her role in the theft, and led the officers to recover the remaining cash that was hidden in various parts of the house.
-CNA/ac