Man jailed 2 years for stealing S$2

A cleaner will be spending two years behind bars after breaking into his former workplace to steal a cash register that contained only S$2.

This is the minimum sentence for his housebreaking offence.

Ansar Anwar broke into a Sakae Sushi outlet at Parco Bugis Junction shopping mall by forcing open a rear door at around 6am on June 28.

Assistant Public Prosecutor Raja Mohan said that he left the premises after taking the cash register.

Ansar, a Malaysian, then broke it open with a screwdriver - only to find that it contained just S$2.

The court heard that he threw away the cash register and used the money to take a bus to Johor Bahru.

But he returned to Singapore four days later and was arrested at the Woodlands Checkpoint.

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