Maid stages housebreaking; steals over S$30K of jewellery
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SINGAPORE: Police have arrested a 35-year-old Indian domestic helper for stealing more than S$30,000 worth of jewellery from her employer.
Three Indian nationals were also arrested for dishonestly receiving stolen property.
The incident happened Tuesday.
The maid had left the house at about 8.45 am. When she returned at around 10.00 am, she discovered that the whole house was ransacked.
However, police officers suspected something might be amiss due to the maid's behaviour.
The breakthrough came when the officers found some of the stolen jewellery hidden inside the water tank of the toilet bowl.
More evidence was gathered.
The domestic helper was confronted with the evidence, and she eventually revealed that she had staged the housebreaking.
The three Indian nationals whom the domestic helper had passed the stolen loot to was arrested in an ambush later that day.
All the stolen jewellery was recovered.
The domestic helper will be charged in Court Thursday.
If convicted she could be jailed up to seven years and fined.
Investigations against the other three suspects are still on-going.
The offence of dishonestly receiving stolen property carries maximum sentence of five years' jail and fine.
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Originally posted by QX179R:
The breakthrough came when the officers found some of the stolen jewellery hidden inside the water tank of the toilet bowl.
Water tank again? (i know it's the toilet bowl's)
Is it me or generally as humans, we like to store things in water tanks.. -
Our human instinct is to store things in water tanks. haha lol.
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Originally posted by kenn3th:
Water tank again? (i know it's the toilet bowl's)
Is it me or generally as humans, we like to
store things in water tanks..becoz most pple won't know its hidden there..
and that's probabaly the last place they will ever search.. -
Originally posted by QX179R:
becoz most pple won't know its hidden there..
and that's probabaly the last place they will ever search..
Well, not anymore! -
last night xu meizhen also hid granny's handphone in water tank so evil
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Indian maid charged with theft
SINGAPORE: A maid, who had allegedly staged a burglary in her former employer's flat, has been charged with stealing some S$30,000 worth of jewellery.
35-year-old Prema Baskaran, who is an Indian national, allegedly committed the offence in a unit at Block 32, Canberra Drive in Yishun at around 8.30am on May 24, Tuesday.
The police had said Prema had allegedly pretended that the flat had been broken into. But officers suspected something was amiss.
They searched the flat and found some jewellery hidden in a water tank in a bathroom.
Officers confronted her and it is believed she eventually admitted she had staged the whole scenario.
Police said Prema had allegedly passed more jewellery to three other Indian nationals.
The trio was arrested later that evening and officers managed to recover all of the valuables that was allegedly stolen.
Prema was on Thursday offered a bail of S$15,000 and she will be back in court on June 9.
If convicted of theft, she can be jailed up to seven years and fined.
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smart, but still too dumb for the law.