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Serial housebreaker caught
POLICE have caught a man believed to be responsible for a spate of break-ins in the Hougang and Sengkang housing estates.
The suspect, a 27-year-old Chinese national, was arrested after an off-duty police trainee spotted him behaving suspiciously at a corridor in Block 371, Hougang St 31.
Police national serviceman trainee Arrun Kumaar Marriappan, who lives opposite the block, spotted the suspect meddling with the window panel of a unit.
He immediately reported the incident, and officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division responded by cordoning off the escape routes on arrival.
The cornered suspect tried to escape by leaping over the parapet, but was arrested by the officers standing guard on the ground level.
In his attempt to evade capture, the suspect sustained injuries on his left leg and right elbow. He was sent to hospital for treatment.
Police managed to recover cash of various currencies amounting to about $11,000 as well as jewellery and other valuables with an estimated value of about $3,000 from a hotel room in Geylang where the suspect was staying.
Follow-up investigations also revealed that the suspect was believed to be responsible for a spate of break-ins in the Sengkang housing estate.
Serial housebreaker caught
POLICE have caught a man believed to be responsible for a spate of break-ins in the Hougang and Sengkang housing estates.
The suspect, a 27-year-old Chinese national, was arrested after an off-duty police trainee spotted him behaving suspiciously at a corridor in Block 371, Hougang St 31.
Police national serviceman trainee Arrun Kumaar Marriappan, who lives opposite the block, spotted the suspect meddling with the window panel of a unit.
He immediately reported the incident, and officers from the Ang Mo Kio Police Division responded by cordoning off the escape routes on arrival.
The cornered suspect tried to escape by leaping over the parapet, but was arrested by the officers standing guard on the ground level.
In his attempt to evade capture, the suspect sustained injuries on his left leg and right elbow. He was sent to hospital for treatment.
Police managed to recover cash of various currencies amounting to about $11,000 as well as jewellery and other valuables with an estimated value of about $3,000 from a hotel room in Geylang where the suspect was staying.
Follow-up investigations also revealed that the suspect was believed to be responsible for a spate of break-ins in the Sengkang housing estate.
