Armed robbery
at Western Union branch in Ubi; suspect at
large
SINGAPORE: A man wielding a knife robbed a Western Union branch
in Ubi on Tuesday morning (Aug 1), in the second armed robbery in
Singapore in two days.
The suspect, who is at large, forced an employee of the money
transfer branch at Block 301 Ubi Avenue 1 to hand over more than
S$2,000 in cash. He then fled on foot, the police said.
The police were alerted at around 10.50am. The Western Union
employee was not injured and no one was inside the branch at the
time of the robbery, they said.
The suspect is said to be tall, and wearing a white helmet, black
jacket and dark-coloured long pants.
The landlord of the Western Union branch, who only wanted to be
known as Mr Liu, said he heard the female employee shouting for
help. But by the time he reached the branch, the robber had
fled.
Mr Liu, 56, who lives directly above the branch, added that the
Western Union employee was "definitely scared".
According to Mr Liu, who also owns a flower shop next to the
Western Union branch, this is the first time such an incident has
happened since 1988, when he set up.
"I'm thinking of installing cameras for better security," he told
Channel NewsAsia.
Police said investigations are ongoing.
This is the second armed robbery in as many days. On Monday, a
48-year-old man was arrested for robbing a Shell petrol station at
knifepoint, in what the police said was the first such case in 10
years.
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