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Updated: 02/27/2013 02:46 | By Channel NewsAsia

2 arrested for stealing from temple donation box

2 arrested for stealing from temple donation box


2 arrested for stealing from temple donation box

SINGAPORE: Two suspects have been arrested for breaking into a temple and stealing cash from its donation box.

The men, aged 18 and 28 years, were caught on Monday.

Police suspect they had stolen money from a donation box at the temple in Lorong 9 in Geylang.

A staff member of the temple informed the police of the crime on 13 February.

CCTV footage showed a suspect meddling with the donation box while the other man was seen keeping a lookout outside.

About S$1,900 was seized from them.

The suspects will be charged in court on Wednesday with housebreaking and theft.

— CNA/xq

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