Police Manhunt Underway For Suspect In Attempted Armed Robbery At ValueMax Pawnshop In Boon Lay MRT Station Singapore isn’t home to many armed robberies, so this case which happened in broad daylight will surely shock you. Source A would-be robber was armed with a gun replica & a device he claimed was “explosive”, in a failed Boon Lay MRT station pawnshop robbery at 4.30pm on Saturday (28 Jul). Here’s how it went down, and how you can do your part to assist the police in tracking him down, as per their plea for eyewitnesses to come forth. You can view Channel NewsAsia’s post of the CCTV footage here. Threatened staff with replica gun & ‘explosive device’ Source Based on preliminary investigations & CCTV footage, this is the sequence of events that played out on around 4.30pm on Saturday. Man entered ValueMax pawnshop at Boon Lay MRT station Man threatened shop staff with a knife & a gun (believed to be a replica) Demanded for staff to handover cash and jewellery Staff refused his demands Man allegedly told staff he would “blow the pawnshop up” with an “explosive device” Man threw the device on the counter, & fled without taking any items […]
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