A 24-year-old man was arrested by the Police for his suspicion in a case of snatch theft.
The Police received a report of a snatch robbery on 30 September 2021 at approximately 2.50pm, in which a female victim’s handbag was reportedly taken by an unknown guy near Jurong West Street 42.
Officers from Jurong Police Division confirmed the man’s identification through on-the-ground inquiries and the use of photos from police cameras, and detained him the same day. The Police took just four hours to place the man under arrest after the Police complaint was filed.
The man will be prosecuted with snatch stealing under Section 356 of the Penal Code in court.
The penalty for this offense is a minimum of one year in jail and a maximum of seven years in prison, as well as caning.