Man arrested for suspected involvement in loanshark activities
By S Ramesh | Posted: 28 November 2011 1853 hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 54-year-old man for suspected involvement in loanshark harassment.
At 7.15 pm on sunday, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division received a call from a resident who spotted a man behaving suspiciously along Yishun Avenue 4. Following investigations, the officers located a man fitting the description and arrested him.
They found in his possession loanshark-related paraphernalia that included a mobile phone believed to contain debtors' records, a can of paint and a marker, all of which have been seized.
The suspect is believed to be involved in several cases of loanshark harassment in the Yishun estate by splashing paint and scrawling loanshark-related graffiti on the walls of debtors.
-CNA/ac
