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[Rogue Trader]

Jul 1, 2011
Viet duo stole $100,000 in machine parts
They took them from excavators left at construction sites here
By Tham Yuen-C

Senior staff sergeant Fazrun Abdul Rahman inspecting the excavator parts that were stolen from various sites. -- ST PHOTO: THAM YUEN-C

CONTROL units, sensors and other parts started disappearing from excavators parked at construction sites around Singapore over the last three weeks.

On Wednesday, the thieves almost made it out of the country with their loot - worth some $100,000.

But just as they were about to check in for their flight to Hanoi, the two Vietnamese men were nabbed at Changi Airport's Terminal 3.

Yesterday, the Commander of Tanglin Police Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Koh Yak Leng, said the men belonged to a foreign syndicate believed to be responsible for series of 11 cases of such thefts here.

When they were caught, they had with them two carry-on bags weighing about 20kg each. Stuffed inside were six control units, two magnetic coils, 11 sensors, three hydraulic pumps, two meters and four connectors, all stolen from excavators.

Most of the diggers had been left unguarded and unsecured, and some were even left by the roadside, said AC Koh.

 

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[Hanzo Hattori]

Jul 1, 2011

Viet duo charged with stealing $10,000 machine part

By Khushwant Singh

Two Vietnamese men were charged with stealing a circuit board valued at $10,000 from an excavator on Monday night. -- ST PHOTO: THAM YUEN-C

TWO Vietnamese men were charged with stealing a circuit board valued at $10,000 from an excavator on Monday night.

Pham Quang Hanh, 35, and Trinh Huu Chinh, 43, are said to have committed the offence at a construction site in Upper Aljunied Lane.

A district court ordered them to be remanded for further investigations.

If found guilty, each could be fined up to $10,000 or jailed up to three years, or both.

 

[Hanzo Hattori]

Jul 1, 2011

Viet duo stole $100,000 in machine parts
They took them from excavators left at construction sites here

By Tham Yuen-C

Senior staff sergeant Fazrun Abdul Rahman inspecting the excavator parts that were stolen from various sites. -- ST PHOTO: THAM YUEN-C

CONTROL units, sensors and other parts started disappearing from excavators parked at construction sites around Singapore over the last three weeks.

On Wednesday, the thieves almost made it out of the country with their loot - worth some $100,000.

But just as they were about to check in for their flight to Hanoi, the two Vietnamese men were nabbed at Changi Airport's Terminal 3.

Yesterday, the Commander of Tanglin Police Division, Assistant Commissioner of Police Koh Yak Leng, said the men belonged to a foreign syndicate believed to be responsible for series of 11 cases of such thefts here.

When they were caught, they had with them two carry-on bags weighing about 20kg each. Stuffed inside were six control units, two magnetic coils, 11 sensors, three hydraulic pumps, two meters and four connectors, all stolen from excavators.

Most of the diggers had been left unguarded and unsecured, and some were even left by the roadside, said AC Koh.

Read the full story in Friday's edition of The Straits Times.
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