63YO Made Police Report About Stolen Grocery Vouchers; Turned Out He Was the One Who ‘Stole’ Them


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Usually, criminals would not advertently call the cops on themselves.

It is, after all, kind of against the code of law if you catch my drift.

But then again, it’s life.

We’re bound to get a few odd cases here and there.

63YO Made Police Report About Stolen Grocery Vouchers; Turned Out He Was the One Who ‘Stole’ Them

A 63-year-old is currently being investigated for stealing grocery vouchers and making a false report.

Image: Singapore Police Force

Apparently, he had lodged a police report on 9 November, alleging that his Budget 2020 grocery vouchers – alongside those of his co-tenant – were missing.

However, preliminary investigations soon suspected otherwise.

According to a police statement on Tuesday (24 November), the man purportedly received two sets of vouchers in his letterbox – one each for his tenant and himself.

Instead of passing the other set to the tenant, officers from the Central Police Division and Clementi Police Division believed that the man may have kept all the vouchers for himself, and lied to his co-tenant that he had not received any.

The hypothesis was established through ground inquiries and the assistance of CCTV cameras.

To escape suspicion, the man then went the extra mile and filed a police report, stating that his set of vouchers had been stolen and misused.

Investigations are still ongoing.

No Time For That

The Police has since stated that its time and resources could have been put to better use than dealing with false reports and information.

Well, still beats filing a police report over a lacklustre durian though.

For the record, knowingly supplying false information to a public servant is a crime that entails a jail term of up to two years, a fine or both.

Theft, on the other hand, could mean a jail sentence of up to three years, a fine or both.


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Serial Budget 2020 Grocery Voucher Thefts

Apparently, the aforementioned case is far from being the first of its kind. Or at least for the theft part anyway.

According to Second Minister for Finance Indranee Rajah, 55 people have already been apprehended for stealing Budget 2020 Grocery vouchers from letterboxes.

Lest you’re unaware, the voucher sets are worth $150 each, and were sent to 150,000 lower-income Singaporeans in October to help them cope with expenses amidst these tumultuous times.

A second round of voucher sets will be sent out in December. Though one would hope that this time round, there will be more cooperation and less… apprehension.

Featured Image: Singapore Police Force


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