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Police arrest overstayer for suspected housebreaking, theft
Posted: 28 February 2012 2021 hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have nabbed a 22-year-old overstayer believed to be responsible for housebreaking and theft, at a restaurant located in a shopping mall in Jurong East Street 21.
On Sunday at about 7.30 am, a staff discovered that the restaurant had been broken into.
Cash amounting to about S$3,000 was missing from a safe.
Police managed to establish the identity of the suspect after going through CCTV footage.
The suspect was arrested the next day at about 6.30 pm, at the Woodlands Checkpoint.
Initial investigations showed that he was on a social visit pass and had continued to remain in Singapore after his pass expired.
It's believed that the suspect could also be involved in a similar case of break-in, at a restaurant in a shopping mall, along Orchard Road, on January 28.
The suspect will be charged in court on Wednesday.
If convicted, he could be jailed up to five years and fined.
Commander of Clementi Police Division, Deputy Assistant Commissioner of Police Melvin Yong has advised owners of commercial premises to install CCTV cameras and secure their places with good locking systems to prevent similar incidents.
- CNA/cc
