SINGAPORE: A 24-year-old man was arrested on Sunday (Apr 14) several hours after an alleged supermarket robbery attempt in Choa Chu Kang.
The police were alerted to the incident at about 3.15am.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the man had allegedly walked into a supermarket along Choa Chu Kang Avenue 7 with a metal rod, the police said in a news release.
The man then placed the rod on the cashier’s neck and demanded money.
“The cashier did not accede to the demand and the man left the supermarket. No injuries were reported,” said the police.
Jurong Police Division officers established the man’s identity through ground enquiries and with the aid of images from police cameras. He was arrested within two hours of the report and a metal rod was seized as a case exhibit.
He will be charged in court on Monday with attempted robbery.
If convicted, he faces no less than two years and no more than seven years in jail, as well as at least six strokes of the cane.
