American arrested on return to Changi Airport over alleged shop theft 10 months earlier美国公民因涉嫌10个月前的一起商店盗窃案，在返回樟宜机场时被捕。
The long arm of the law caught up with a 47-year-old American on Sept 25, about 10 months after he allegedly stole from several shops in the transit areas of Changi Airport. Police said on Wednesday (Oct 7) that the alleged theft cases took place in November 2025 and April this year.He first allegedly stole from a retail outlet in...
The long arm of the law caught up with a 47-year-old American on Sept 25, about 10 months after he allegedly stole from several shops in the transit areas of Changi Airport.
Police said on Wednesday (Oct 7) that the alleged theft cases took place in November 2025 and April this year.
He first allegedly stole from a retail outlet in the transit area of Changi Airport Terminal 3 at about 7.40pm on Nov 4, 2025.
The American was seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage removing a box of perfume valued at $331 from a display shelf and leaving the outlet without paying.
He is said to have taken three more boxes of perfume, with a total value of $646, from another two retail outlets in the transit area of Terminal 2 on the same day.
The police said their officers from the Airport Police Division managed to establish the man's identity but he had already departed Singapore.
At about 7.05am on April 26, he returned to Changi Airport for a connecting flight, and took a box of perfume valued at $236.90 from a retail outlet, and another box of perfume worth $195.40 from another outlet.
The alleged thefts took place over a six-minute period between 7.15am and 7.21am.
In total, he stole six boxes of perfumes worth more than $1,400.
The American was eventually arrested in a planned operation on Sept 25, when he transited through Changi Airport again.
He will be charged in court on Thursday with five counts of theft in dwelling.
If found guilty of the said offence, the 47-year-old could be jailed for up to seven years, fined, or both.
9月25日，一名47岁的美国男子被绳之以法，此前他涉嫌在樟宜机场的转机区多家商店行窃约10个月。
警方周三（10月7日）表示，涉嫌盗窃案发生在2025年11月和今年4月。
据称，他于 2025 年 11 月 4 日晚上 7 点 40 分左右首次在樟宜机场 3 号航站楼的转机区一家零售店行窃。
闭路电视录像显示，这名美国人从展示架上取下一盒价值 331 美元的香水，然后没有付款就离开了商店。
据说他当天还在 2 号航站楼转机区的另外两家零售店偷走了三盒香水，总价值 646 美元。
警方表示，机场警署的警员已确认该男子的身份，但他当时已离开新加坡。
4月26日早上7点05分左右，他返回樟宜机场转机，从一家零售店拿了一盒价值236.90美元的香水，又从另一家零售店拿了一盒价值195.40美元的香水。
据称，盗窃案发生在早上 7 点 15 分至 7 点 21 分之间的六分钟内。
他总共偷走了六盒香水，价值超过 1400 美元。
这名美国人最终于 9 月 25 日在一次有计划的行动中被捕，当时他再次途经樟宜机场。
他将于周四在法庭上被控五项入室盗窃罪。
如果被判犯有上述罪行，这名 47 岁的男子可能被判处最高 7 年监禁、罚款或两者并罚。