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April 9, 2009
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Police are looking for these three people to help in investigations into two cases of harassment by loan sharks. The first case involves the man pictured on the left; the other case involves two teenagers (next picture). -- PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
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FIVE men have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in loan-shark activities this week, and police are on the lookout for three more. The wanted trio can help in investigations into two cases of harassment by loan sharks in February and last month. Closed-circuit television footage of the first case showed a man in Pasir Ris Street 11 decked out in a dark shirt and carrying a sling bag. Footage of the second incident features two teenagers in bermudas going down the stairs of a housing block in Tampines Street 83.
The five men already in custody were rounded up over two days. On Tuesday night, three men aged between 26 and 43 were caught in a four-hour operation involving raids in Yishun, Tampines and Henderson. The three are believed to be linked to a syndicate behind about 250 cases of debtor harassment in the past year. During the raids, the police seized debtor records, bank books, a desktop computer and cellphones. On Wednesday morning, two more men in their early 20s were nabbed by officers on patrol in Yishun. The pair had allegedly broken a window of a flat there to intimidate the debtor into paying up.
April 9, 2009
5 held in loan-shark crackdown <!--10 min-->
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Police are looking for these three people to help in investigations into two cases of harassment by loan sharks. The first case involves the man pictured on the left; the other case involves two teenagers (next picture). -- PHOTOS: SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE
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FIVE men have been arrested on suspicion of engaging in loan-shark activities this week, and police are on the lookout for three more. The wanted trio can help in investigations into two cases of harassment by loan sharks in February and last month. Closed-circuit television footage of the first case showed a man in Pasir Ris Street 11 decked out in a dark shirt and carrying a sling bag. Footage of the second incident features two teenagers in bermudas going down the stairs of a housing block in Tampines Street 83.
The five men already in custody were rounded up over two days. On Tuesday night, three men aged between 26 and 43 were caught in a four-hour operation involving raids in Yishun, Tampines and Henderson. The three are believed to be linked to a syndicate behind about 250 cases of debtor harassment in the past year. During the raids, the police seized debtor records, bank books, a desktop computer and cellphones. On Wednesday morning, two more men in their early 20s were nabbed by officers on patrol in Yishun. The pair had allegedly broken a window of a flat there to intimidate the debtor into paying up.
