Posted: 04 January 2013 1402 hrs
SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 16-year-old boy
for committing break-ins at houses located at Thomson Hills Drive
and Sembawang Hills Drive.
They said several cases of break-ins were reported along Thomson
Hills Drive from December 25, 2012 to January 1, 2013. The suspect
had stolen cash amounting to over S$800 on three separate occasions
by climbing through unsecured windows.
Officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division conducted extensive
inquiries and they managed to establish the suspect's
identity.
On January 3, at about 1.30pm, the suspect was arrested in the
vicinity of Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.
Follow up investigations indicate that he was also responsible for
a similar break-in committed on January 2, 2013, at a unit located
along Sembawang Hills Drive where cash and a watch were stolen.
Police have since recovered the stolen watch.
The suspect will be charged in court on January 5 for housebreaking
and theft by night. The penalty is a maximum 14 year jail
term.
-CNA/ac
