SINGAPORE: Three men were charged in court on Thursday (Mar 28) over a scheme to break into a warehouse unit in Woodlands and steal e-vaporisers and other related items stored inside which had been seized by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA).
The three men are: Chee Wai Yuen, 35, Elvin Suriaganandhan, 22, and Lim Zhi Wei, 38.
Chee, a Malaysian, is accused of surveying the warehouse's premises to commit theft on Mar 23, after allegedly engaging in a conspiracy with a person called "Ming" to break into the unit.
Court documents stated that Suriaganandhan and Lim, who are both Singaporeans, had also surveyed the same premises on Mar 26.
All three were charged on Thursday with abetment of housebreaking.
TODAY understands that "Ming" was responsible for contacting Lim and Chee separately. Police investigations into this person are ongoing.
A separate statement by the police and HSA on Wednesday stated that the police had arrested the three men and a 21-year-old woman for their suspected involvement in the scheme.
According to the statement, Lim had allegedly been offered a sum of money to remove the seized items from the warehouse, and he recruited Suriaganandhan for this purpose.
The woman had accompanied them when they went to survey the unit and all three were arrested.
Police investigations against the woman are ongoing.
Lim and Suriaganandhan are out on bail of S$15,000 (US$11,000) each and will have their cases heard in court again on Apr 25. Chee has been remanded for further investigations and will return to court on Apr 4.
Anyone convicted of abetting housebreaking can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.
This article was originally published in TODAY.
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The three men are: Chee Wai Yuen, 35, Elvin Suriaganandhan, 22, and Lim Zhi Wei, 38.
Chee, a Malaysian, is accused of surveying the warehouse's premises to commit theft on Mar 23, after allegedly engaging in a conspiracy with a person called "Ming" to break into the unit.
Court documents stated that Suriaganandhan and Lim, who are both Singaporeans, had also surveyed the same premises on Mar 26.
All three were charged on Thursday with abetment of housebreaking.
TODAY understands that "Ming" was responsible for contacting Lim and Chee separately. Police investigations into this person are ongoing.
A separate statement by the police and HSA on Wednesday stated that the police had arrested the three men and a 21-year-old woman for their suspected involvement in the scheme.
According to the statement, Lim had allegedly been offered a sum of money to remove the seized items from the warehouse, and he recruited Suriaganandhan for this purpose.
The woman had accompanied them when they went to survey the unit and all three were arrested.
Police investigations against the woman are ongoing.
Lim and Suriaganandhan are out on bail of S$15,000 (US$11,000) each and will have their cases heard in court again on Apr 25. Chee has been remanded for further investigations and will return to court on Apr 4.
Anyone convicted of abetting housebreaking can be jailed for up to 10 years and fined.
This article was originally published in TODAY.
Continue reading...