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Beware of unlicensed money lending websites: police By Sok Hwee Seet | Posted: 21 March 2013 2354 hrs SINGAPORE: At least 220 people have been arrested since the start of the year for involvement in unlicensed moneylending activities. Releasing the figures, police also said the number...

CCTV surveillance stepped up to catch high-rise littering By Lian Cheong | Posted: 19 March 2013 2157 hrs SINGAPORE: CCTV surveillance has been stepped up to catch high-rise litterbugs in the act, said the National Environment Agency (NEA). Since January, ten people have been caught on...

Man arrested for cheating by impersonating a police officer AsiaOne Monday, Mar 18, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 25-year-old man was arrested on Sunday for asking foreign workers to give him money while he was pretending to be a police officer. Police officers from Jurong Police Division responded to...

Patient arrested for stealing mobile phone in hospital AsiaOne Friday, Mar 15, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a man who is suspected of stealing a mobile phone in a hospital along Outram Road on March 14, 2013. Police received a call from the hospital at about 4pm informing that a...

Serial milk powder thief arrested AsiaOne Friday, Mar 08, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 32-year-old man was arrested in connection with a series of milk powder thefts from November last year to February this year. The police noted that several of the incidents had taken place in Bukit Panjang and...

Shoplifters turn violent when caught March 6, 2013 - 1:06am By: Rennie Whang Cheow Sue-Ann PHOTO: Lianhe Wanbao The culprits in two different incidents of shoplifting turned violent when their alleged deed was exposed. At The Centrepoint's Cold Storage supermarket on Monday night, a...

16 arrested for loansharking activities AsiaOne Friday, Mar 01, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested nine men and seven women, aged between 24 and 51, for suspected involvement in loansharking activities. The suspects were arrested in a 16-hour operation between Feb 28 and Mar 1...

Man arrested for stealing cash card AsiaOne Thursday, Feb 14, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 39-year-old man was arrested for suspected theft of a cash card from a vehicle at a multi-storey car park located along Teban Gardens Road. On December 30, 2012 at about 6.24 pm, a 39-year-old man made a police...

Three men in hospital after fight at mall in Sembawang By Sara Grosse | Posted: 12 February 2013 2207 hrs A police cordon around the area where the fight happened at Sun Plaza in Sembawang. SINGAPORE: Three men ended up in hospital after an apparent brawl at Sun Plaza in Sembawang. The...

Man arrested for suspected molest at MRT station AsiaOne Friday, Feb 08, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 23-year-old man for suspected involvement in a case of outrage of modesty promptly within 24 hours of the report. On Feb 7, 2013 at about midnight, an 18-year-old female student...

Woman duped parent to donate $10,000 to get his child into primary school Published on Feb 05, 2013 Posed photo of a woman holding a stack of $50 bills. A woman was charged on Tuesday with cheating a Chinese national of $10,000. -- ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG By Elena Chong A woman was...

Crime prevention measures in light of motorcycle component thefts AsiaOne Friday, Feb 01, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have received a number of reports on theft of motorcycle components. The culprit would target motorcycle parts such as the suspension and the associated brake components such as...

Man nabbed for stealing from donation box AsiaOne Thursday, Jan 31, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 30-year-old man for an offence of Theft in Dwelling committed in a mosque along Tampines Road. On January 29, 2013, the suspect was captured stealing from the mosque donation box by...

Eatery owner in dispute with HSA over alleged assault January 23, 2013 - 12:38am By: Syahirah Anwar TNP PHOTO: Jonathan Choo Pushed to the ground, scratched and stepped on. This was what Lebanese restaurant owner Mohamad Adnan Slim (above), 32, claimed a Certis Cisco officer did to him on...

53-year-old suspected loanshark runner nabbed AsiaOne Monday, Jan 21, 2013 SINGAPORE - A 53-year-old suspected loanshark runner was arrested by police officers yesterday in Yishun at about 3.15pm. Officers spotted the man behaving suspiciously and conducted a check on him...

RP's Jeyaretnam lodges police report Posted: 18 January 2013 1826 hrs Reform Party Secretary-General and candidate for the Punggol East by-election Kenneth Jeyaretnam at walkabout. (Siti Nur Mas Lina, channelnewsasia.com) SINGAPORE: Police have confirmed that a report has been lodged...

11 people arrested for shop theft AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested 11 people for shop theft at shopping malls along Orchard Road in the first 14 days of the year. The suspects, aged 16 to 78, were arrested for stealing a range of retail items costing between...

MBS, RWS fined for breaching social safeguards Posted: 15 January 2013 1957 hrs SINGAPORE: The Casino Regulatory Authority of Singapore (CRA) has fined Marina Bay Sands (MBS) and Resorts World Sentosa (RWS) a total of S$230,000 for breaching social safeguard requirements during the...

Police looking for man to assist in theft case AsiaOne Monday, Jan 14, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police are looking for the man shown in the picture above to assist with investigations into two cases of thefts which occurred at a shopping mall along Jurong East Street 21 on Dec 31, 2012 and Jan 13...

Beware of strangers offering prayers in home visits Published on Jan 14, 2013 By Hoe Pei Shan The public should be wary of strangers approaching them in their homes to offer prayers as thieves are using this as a ploy to commit theft. The police issued a media statement on Monday following...