On 6 April 2011 at about 11.00pm, the victim, a 26-year-old Chinese woman, was walking towards the bus stop along Yio Chu Kang Road, near to Blk 501 Serangoon North Avenue 4, when an unknown man approached her from the rear and snatched away her handbag.
When alerted to the incident, officers from Ang Mo Kio Police Division responded swiftly to the scene and commenced a systematic search for the culprit. The officers' efforts paid off when they spotted the suspect hiding inside an electrical riser on the third floor of a nearby block about two-and-a-half hours later, and placed him under arrest.
The victim’s handbag, containing about $300 in cash and valuables, was also successfully recovered.
The suspect will be charged in Court on 8 April 2011 for the offence of Snatch Theft under Section 356 of the Penal Code Chapter 224, which carries a maximum punishment of seven years' imprisonment and caning.
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