Red paint sprayed on door and graffiti scribbled on wall in Tampines, man arrested
A 26-year-old man was arrested on Jan 20 for his suspected involvement in a case of loanshark harassment, said the police.
The police were alerted on Jan 12 at 7.05am to a case of loanshark harassment at a residential unit along Tampines Street 71, where the unit’s gate was sprayed with red paint.
The walls at the staircase near the unit were scribbled with loanshark-related graffiti.
Through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from police cameras, officers from Bedok and Woodlands Police Division established the identity of the man and arrested him.
A mobile phone was seized as case exhibit.
He will be charged in court on Jan 22 under the Moneylenders Act.
For first-time offenders, the offence of loanshark harassment carries a fine between $5,000 and $50,000, with imprisonment of up to five years, and caning of up to six strokes.
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