According to the media release, A auxiliary police robbed the money lending company with a gun.
The case occurred at 3:55 pm this Monday (April 12), in Jurong Gateway. The gunman is an auxiliary police officer of AETOS,
The 38-year-old suspect entered the loan company alone. He passed a note to the staff that said “This is a robbery, don’t yell, I have a gun in my pocket, but all the money in my bag”, and escaped with S$24,000.
He deposited part of the money into an account of a 34-year-old woman and transferred some to repay unlicensed moneylenders (ah long).
Police officers from Clementi Police Station arrived at the scene to investigate, quickly identified the suspect’s identity, and arrested him within five hours.
The gun, cash, note and a clothing was seized as evidence for the case.
The auxiliary officer will be charged in court today for unlawful possession of arms or ammunition.
8 other people were also arrested who are believed to be in connection with this crime, their age range from 16 to 48 years old.
The Police managed to recover S$17,500 of the stolen money.
The man could be facing life imprisonment and minimum 6 strokes of the rotan.