15-year-old arrested in armed robbery case

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Knife-wielding teenager forced shopkeeper to hand over cash and cigarettes

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force has apprehended a 15-year-old boy in connection with an armed robbery at a convenience store in Tampines. The incident occurred on Tuesday , and the police were mobilised after an urgent call for assistance at 5:30 am.

Preliminary investigations revealed that the teenager had wielded a knife to coerce the shopkeeper to hand over a significant quantity of cigarettes valued at $827 and $180 in cash. Armed with the evidence collected from the scene along with witness statements, law enforcement officers analysed the convenience store’s CCTV footage. They managed to apprehend the teenage suspect within 10 hours of receiving the initial report. The suspect was apprehended without incident, and the authorities recovered the stolen cigarettes and $30 in cash.

 

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