A durian vendor went to the rescue of an elderly woman when she was robbed of $600. The incident took place near a POSB ATM at Block 827, Tampines Street 81, after the woman withdrew cash from the machine on July 5,
Mr Huang immediately rushed out of the store and confronted the suspect who was"quite thin", grabbing the man by the throat."Fortunately, he handed over the money and it was returned to the elderly woman," Mr Huang told Shin Min.
In a July 6 press release, the Singapore Police Force confirmed that they were alerted to a case of snatch theft near an ATM along Tampines Street 81 on July 5 at about 9.45pm where a man had snatched cash amounting to $600 from a female victim. Through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from police cameras, officers from Bedok Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him within three hours of the report.
The man was charged in court on July 7 with the offence of snatch theft, which carries an imprisonment term of not less than one year and not more than seven years and caning.
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