According to Zao Bao, Four men between the ages of 28 and 37 were arrested by the police for allegedly committing robbery.
Earlier today, the Police issued a statement stating that they had received a report of a robbery incident that occurred on the 11th of November 2019. A man was allegedly robbed in Roberts Lane, Little India.
Robbers made off with $118,000 in cash and more than $21800 worth of jewelry
The report did not state if it is a jewelry store.
Initial investigations revealed that the incident happened at about 12:15 am, one of the suspects was found inside a commercial building and the other three were outside. The person who entered the building pretended to be an officer from the criminal investigation division (CID) and asked to search the victim’s items.
The victim who was afraid of trouble from the authorities handed over the safe, including cash and jewelry.
After investigations and reviewing the CCTV footage from the building, Police Officers were able to identify the four suspects and arrested them on the 13 of November and 14 of November 2019.
The four will be charged in court tomorrow and if convicted, they will be looking at a jail term of at least two to ten years and up to 6 strokes of the rotan.