Bedok robbers make off with half a million dollars of
jewellery
SINGAPORE : Armed men made off with about half a million
dollars worth of jewellery during a daylight robbery in Bedok
Central on Friday.
Police received a call at around 3pm about the incident at
Block 210.
Witnesses told Channel NewsAsia that they heard a woman yelling
from Yong Sheng Goldsmith.
Eyewitness Amanda Tan said: "I heard someone shouting. So I and my
colleagues thought there was some fight outside, so we wanted to go
out to see. Then I heard someone run across and shout "robbery,
robbery" in Chinese.
By then, the shutters were rolled down halfway. Peering into the
shop, they claimed to have seen three masked men, all dressed in
black.
They said two of the suspects jumped over the counter, while the
other stayed put.
The witnesses said the ordeal lasted about two minutes, after which
three men paced out rather calmly. Two of them were carrying bags,
and the other, a knife that was about 30 centimetres long.
Eyewitness Sarina Goh said: "They carried a sling bag, then they
kept quiet and ... walked like normal people."
The police said the suspects got away on two motorbikes with an
assortment of jewellery valued at half a million dollars.
The suspects are believed to be three Chinese males.
- CNA/al
