Singapore has charged a British man for theft more than two years after he allegedly stole a denim jacket from a store at the airport shopping mall.
The police were alerted to the theft in the evening of August 14, 2024 when a retail assistant at Singapore’s Changi Airport realised a blue denim jacket was missing from a display mannequin.
Surveillance footage showed a man removing the jacket, worth about S$350 ($275; £202), from the mannequin and leaving the store without making payment. By the time the authorities established his identity, the man had departed Singapore.
The 26-year-old was arrested on August 15, this year while in transit at the airport and was charged on Tuesday.
Police Force said in a statement on Monday.
In its statement the police also recounted a separate arrest of a 50-year-old Polish woman who had stolen two bottles of perfume from retail stores inside one of the airport’s terminals on June 11, this year.
She was arrested in the transit area shortly before she was scheduled to depart Singapore. The woman was charged with two counts of theft on Tuesday.
Those convicted of theft in Singapore face up to seven years in jail.-BBC
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