Police arrests 62-year-old for stealing almost $200 of abalone
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He nicked four cans of abalone from a supermarket at Jurong Gateway shopping mall.
The estimated value of the shellfish: $190.68.
Police officers from Jurong East Neighbourhood Police Centre's (NPC) Crime Strike Force (CSF) conducted investigations after receiving reports of the theft from a Cold Storage supermarket.
With the help of CCTV footage, they arrested a 62-year-old man at Jurong East on Tuesday (Feb 3) afternoon.
He will be charged today (Feb 4).
He can be jailed up to seven years and/ or fined for the offence.
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