SINGAPORE: Three people were arrested for voluntarily causing hurt and committing robbery after locking themselves in a Housing Board flat in Jurong.<\/p>\n
The police said they were conducting follow-up investigations into a case of voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery on April 3 at about 10.10pm.<\/p>\n
During investigations, two men and a woman refused to open the door and locked themselves inside a residential unit at Block 262 Jurong East Street 24.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Special Operations Command, Crisis Negotiation Unit and the Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) were deployed to the scene.<\/p>\n
SCDF deployed one safety life air pack and rescuers from the Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team were on standby as a precautionary measure, it said.<\/p>\n
At about 11.40pm, police officers entered the unit.<\/p>\n
The two men, aged 21, and the 24-year-old woman were arrested for voluntarily causing hurt in committing robbery.<\/p>\n
SCDF said it assessed a person for minor injuries, but the person declined to be taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
Police investigations are ongoing. – The Straits Times\/ANN<\/p>\n
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