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Toa Payoh serial housebreaker arrested
Posted: 20 July 2011 1703 hrs
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SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a man who is believed to have broken into at least six flats in Toa Payoh housing estate.
He struck between May and mid-July.
Police said there were no obvious signs of forced entry and the culprit is believed to have gain entry by climbing in through unsecured windows.
The suspect who did not have a fixed address and employment was arrested early Wednesday morning in Toa Payoh.
Several identity cards, work permit, ATM cards and credit cards were found on him.
These were later established to be stolen from the victims when their premises were broken into.
Follow-up investigations also led to the recovery of a laptop and iPad from a shop in Geylang.
The 24-year-old man will be charged in court on Thursday.
If convicted, he could be jailed up to 14 years.
- CNA /ls
