The Singapore police have arrested two 16-year-old male teenagers for their suspected involvement in criminal intimidation at a retail outlet involving the use of a toy gun.
On April 17, 2023, at 7:04am, the police received a call for assistance for a case where a toy gun was pointed at a staff of a retail outlet along Yishun Street 22.
Through ground enquiries and with the aid of CCTV, officers from Woodlands Police Division established the identities of the teenagers involved and arrested them within three hours of the report.
The toy gun, attire of the teenagers and a handphone that was used to record the prank, were recovered and seized as case exhibits.
What happened
Preliminary investigations revealed that the teenagers had purportedly hatched a plan to scare the staff with the toy gun for fun.
One of the teenagers had allegedly approached the cashier counter to make payment for an item, and after the staff had scanned the item, he took out a toy gun and pointed it at the staff.
The other teenager had recorded the incident.
Upon hearing the staff shouting, they started laughing and revealed that the gun was fake.
The police said they have zero tolerance towards such acts that cause unnecessary alarm towards the general public.
Threatening another person with any injury, with intent to cause alarm to that person, amounts to an offence of criminal intimidation, which is punishable with a jail term of up to 10 years, and/ or a fine.
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