Police nab suspected molester within two hours of crime
Published on Mar 2, 2015 6:48 PM
A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 19-year-old teenager, the police said in a statement on Monday. -- PHOTO: ST FILE
By Isaac Neo
SINGAPORE - A 27-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting a 19-year-old teenager, the police said in a statement on Monday.
At 12.20 am on March 2, a woman informed the police that she was molested by an unidentified man in a lift at Yishun Street 72. After extensive ground enquiries, the suspect was arrested at Yishun Avenue 4 at 1.50 am by officers from the Yishun South Neighbourhood Police Centre.
Preliminary investigations indicated that the suspect might have followed the victim after alighting together from a bus before committing the offence.
In the statement, the police said: