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Men posed as NEA officers in daring S$100,000 robbery
By Ion Danker – September 27th, 2010
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Six men who posed as National Environment Agency (NEA) workers, made off with more than S$100,000 in cash from a semi-detached house off Bukit Batok Road last Wednesday.
According to news reports, the home owner was told by the ‘NEA workers’ that they needed to fog her semi-detached house after receiving complaints of mosquitoes in the area.
Once the men, who were wearing protective masks were led in, they took out their knives and tied up the home owner, her nine-year-old daughter and their maid.
Recalling the incident, the girl, a Primary 3 student, told The New Paper that a man approached her mother after they arrived home and said he needed to inspect the house because of complaints of the presence of mosquitoes.
She said her mother let him in, before five other men dressed in different coloured T-shits and carrying fumigation equipment followed him into the house.
The men then tied the trio’s hands and legs with cable ties, taped their mouths with masking tapes and ordered them to keep quiet and close their eyes.
She added that one of the men then told them in Mandarin: “We lost a lot of money on gambling. We have no choice but to get (money) from you.”
While one of the men kept watch on the trio, the rest searched for valuables around the house before uncovering two safes which they opened using electric drills.
It was reported that the whole ordeal lasted more than two hours before her mother managed to free herself and called the police.
NEA, when contacted by the paper, said it did not send any officers or contractors to the area to conduct fogging that day and residents in affected areas are given advance notice of any fogging operation.
NEA added that its officers are required to wear either a white shirt or polo shirt bearing the NEA logo, blue trousers and a name tag when conducting house-to-house inspections and they must identify themselves using official NEA authority cards or letters bearing their photos before informing occupants of the purpose of their visit.
The case has been classified as armed robbery and investigations are ongoing. No arrests have been made.
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Men posed as NEA officers in daring S$100,000 robbery
By Ion Danker – September 27th, 2010
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Six men who posed as National Environment Agency (NEA) workers, made off with more than S$100,000 in cash from a semi-detached house off Bukit Batok Road last Wednesday.
According to news reports, the home owner was told by the ‘NEA workers’ that they needed to fog her semi-detached house after receiving complaints of mosquitoes in the area.
Once the men, who were wearing protective masks were led in, they took out their knives and tied up the home owner, her nine-year-old daughter and their maid.
Recalling the incident, the girl, a Primary 3 student, told The New Paper that a man approached her mother after they arrived home and said he needed to inspect the house because of complaints of the presence of mosquitoes.
She said her mother let him in, before five other men dressed in different coloured T-shits and carrying fumigation equipment followed him into the house.
The men then tied the trio’s hands and legs with cable ties, taped their mouths with masking tapes and ordered them to keep quiet and close their eyes.
She added that one of the men then told them in Mandarin: “We lost a lot of money on gambling. We have no choice but to get (money) from you.”
While one of the men kept watch on the trio, the rest searched for valuables around the house before uncovering two safes which they opened using electric drills.
It was reported that the whole ordeal lasted more than two hours before her mother managed to free herself and called the police.
NEA, when contacted by the paper, said it did not send any officers or contractors to the area to conduct fogging that day and residents in affected areas are given advance notice of any fogging operation.
NEA added that its officers are required to wear either a white shirt or polo shirt bearing the NEA logo, blue trousers and a name tag when conducting house-to-house inspections and they must identify themselves using official NEA authority cards or letters bearing their photos before informing occupants of the purpose of their visit.
The case has been classified as armed robbery and investigations are ongoing. No arrests have been made.
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