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April 2, 2009
'Bogus cop' nabbed <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Bhuvaneswary Narayanan
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> POLICE have arrested a man who is believed to have committed several cases of theft by impersonating a police officer, and in the latest case, an NEA officer on Wednesday afternoon. Police have received a number of reports since July 2008 from vicitims who fell prey to a man claiming to be a police officer.
The suspect was known to target lone male foreigners between 18 and 38 years. Dressed in plainclothes, he would flash a pass and identify himself as a police officer, inform them that they had littered, and then asked for their belongings like passports, work permits, mobile phones and cash. After getting hold of these items, he would slip away. The suspect last struck by posing as a National Environmental Agency officer on March 23 and got away with $2,000 cash, a mobile phone and a work permit from an Indonesian man outside Bugis Junction. Eight days later, he was spotted by officers from the Central Police Division, striking up conversations with strangers and behaving suspiciously at Bugis Village. The officers followed him and finally caught him along Victoria Street that evening. They found a company pass and two mobile phone SIM cards that he could not account for. The suspect will be charged in court.
April 2, 2009
'Bogus cop' nabbed <!--10 min-->
<!-- headline one : start --> <!-- headline one : end --> <!-- Author --> <!-- show image if available --> <table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"> <tbody><tr></tr> <tr> </tr> <tr> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2" class="padlrt8 georgia11 darkgrey bold">By Bhuvaneswary Narayanan
</td></tr> </tbody></table> <!-- START OF : div id="storytext"--> POLICE have arrested a man who is believed to have committed several cases of theft by impersonating a police officer, and in the latest case, an NEA officer on Wednesday afternoon. Police have received a number of reports since July 2008 from vicitims who fell prey to a man claiming to be a police officer.
The suspect was known to target lone male foreigners between 18 and 38 years. Dressed in plainclothes, he would flash a pass and identify himself as a police officer, inform them that they had littered, and then asked for their belongings like passports, work permits, mobile phones and cash. After getting hold of these items, he would slip away. The suspect last struck by posing as a National Environmental Agency officer on March 23 and got away with $2,000 cash, a mobile phone and a work permit from an Indonesian man outside Bugis Junction. Eight days later, he was spotted by officers from the Central Police Division, striking up conversations with strangers and behaving suspiciously at Bugis Village. The officers followed him and finally caught him along Victoria Street that evening. They found a company pass and two mobile phone SIM cards that he could not account for. The suspect will be charged in court.
