$35,000 worth of jewellery from Yew Tee Square store stolen

[ChaosMyth]

 

SINGAPORE - Over $35,000 worth of jewellery was stolen from a store in Yew Tee Square on Saturday afternoon (Dec 15).

 

The police were alerted to the theft at the Choa Chu Kang Street 62 shopping centre at 4.41pm on Saturday.

 

The Straits Times understands that the incident took place at the mall's Gold Scale Jewels jewellery store.

 

The suspect is believed to be a young man who went to the shop asking to view different pieces of jewellery. He walked in and out of the shop several times, taking photos of the jewellery pieces and asking if he could get a discount on some of the pieces on display.

 

At one point, he even told the store assistant that he would come back with his girlfriend.

 

During one of his visits, he allegedly took advantage of the crowd in the store and the fact that the sales assistant was distracted to grab the jewellery which he had earlier asked to examine and flee.

 

An employee at a neighbouring store, who gave her name only as Ms Zheng, told Chinese daily Lianhe Wanbao that four of the jewellery store's staff were present when the incident happened.

 

She said that two of the staff chased the suspect but were unable to catch him.

 

ST understands that the suspect, who made off with $35,886 worth of jewellery, including three necklaces and one pendant, had yet to be arrested as of 8.30pm on Sunday.

 

When contacted, the manager of Gold Scale Jewels' Yew Tee Square outlet declined to comment.

 

The police are investigating the incident.

[Actan72]

No wonder I walk pass that day.. have a lot of mata

 

[Nhyone]

This is a low-end shop. $3,588.60 is more believable.

[DACH]

Low crime doesn't mean no crime. 

[ChaosMyth]

 

A 23-year-old man who was accused of stealing more than $35,000 worth of jewellery from a Yew Tee Square store was taken back to the crime scene on Thursday afternoon (Dec 20).

According to The Straits Times, Toh Xin Ann was seen struggling with police officers at the scene.

It was previously reported that he made off with the jewellery, which included three gold necklaces and a pendant, after he visited Gold Scale Jewels at Block 624 Choa Chu Kang Street 62 around 4.30pm last Saturday (Dec 15).

The pieces cost between $2,221 and $11,701 each.

The police said they were alerted to the incident about 15 minutes later.

Following an investigation and information received from a member of the public, officers from Jurong Police Division arrested Toh on Monday.

When The Straits Times arrived at the scene at around 3pm on Thursday, Toh was inside a police car.

He was later taken to a stairwell near the jewellery store by police officers and they spent about 10 minutes there.

Thereafter, Toh spoke to the officers when they were about 15m away from the shop and he struggled as they led him away at around 3.30pm.

Toh, who had not been offered bail, is now remanded at Woodlands Police Division. He will be back in court on Dec 26.

If convicted of theft, he can be jailed for up to seven years and fined.