SINGAPORE – A 17-year-old boy was arrested after he allegedly robbed a man in Jurong West while armed with a karambit knife.
In a statement on Dec 19, the police said they were alerted to a case of armed robbery along Jurong West Street 93 at about 10.35pm on Dec 18.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the teenager had allegedly swung a karambit towards the victim and demanded that he hand over his mobile phone and gold ring.
The police established the teenager’s identity and arrested him the next morning, seizing a mobile phone, gold ring and a karambit knife as case exhibits.
