A 30-year-old Indonesian man will face court in Singapore on Thursday ( Mar 27 ) for allegedly stealing a passenger’s wallet from Singapore and using her debit card at Changi Airport.  ,
The Singapore Police Force ( SPF ) said in a statement on Wednesday that they received an alert about 4.55am on March 16 for a case of alleged theft.
The prey had carried her bag on the plane during the journey and stored it in the overhead compartment.
According to the police, her debit card was reportedly used at retail locations in Changi Airport’s transit area.
The customer called the police after receiving a notification that her banking application had unauthorised transactions.
According to the police, both the man and the passenger knew each other and had used the same overhead compartment of the same to save their belongings.
CNA asked SPF about the airport and the departure area, but SPF did not respond.
The Airport Police Division detained the person. He will be charged with fraud in courtroom on Thursday. If found guilty, he could receive either a good or three years in prison.
He did spend up to ten years in prison and pay a fine if found guilty of cheating.
The authorities stated that there was no compassion for robbery on board aircraft.
The airport police division’s commander, Assistant Commissioner of Police (AC ), M Malathi, said:” It was fortunate that the passenger had enabled notifications on her banking app, allowing her to quickly report the unauthorised transactions on her debit card.
” This made it possible for us to arrest the man right away before he could leave Singapore.”