{"id":44129,"date":"2026-04-13T14:06:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44129"},"modified":"2026-04-13T14:06:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T06:06:39","slug":"police-report-filed-after-man-caught-on-cctv-allegedly-taking-and-discarding-shoes-in-woodlands-hdb-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=44129","title":{"rendered":"Police report filed after man caught on CCTV allegedly taking and discarding shoes in Woodlands HDB block"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>SINGAPORE: A man has been caught on CCTV allegedly taking and discarding footwear from outside a public housing unit in Singapore, in an incident reported in Woodlands on 10 April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Footage of the incident, shared on social media and later reported by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stomp.sg\/trending-now\/man-allegedly-steals-and-discards-4-pairs-shoes-woodlands-hdb-corridor-police-report-lodged\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stomp<\/a>, shows a man removing multiple pairs of shoes from a rack along a corridor before appearing to throw them into a rubbish chute.<\/p>\n<p>The incident took place at about 6.05 am at a Housing and Development Board (HDB) block along Woodlands Drive 73.<\/p>\n<p>Police confirmed that a report has been lodged and investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<h3>Footage shows man taking footwear<\/h3>\n<p>In a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DW7sXx3kgeL\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0CCTV footage<\/a>\u00a0shared by Instagram account &#8216;sgfollowsall&#8217;, the man was seen entering the corridor wearing a singlet, shorts, slippers, and a pair of black gloves.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to look around before squatting near a shoe rack outside a residential unit and taking four pairs of footwear, including children\u2019s shoes.<\/p>\n<p>The man then bundled the items together and moved quickly towards the end of the corridor.<\/p>\n<h3>Shoes allegedly discarded<\/h3>\n<p>The footage appears to show the man throwing the shoes down a central refuse chute.<\/p>\n<p>The affected resident, identified as Ridzwan Zuhaire Zuraime based on the report by Stomp, said he did not recognise the individual and believed the man was not an immediate neighbour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy twins\u2019 sandals for school, all gone. Realised it when we were about to send them to school,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<h3>Police report filed<\/h3>\n<p>A police report was filed, stating that one pair of shoes and three pairs of sandals were taken, with an estimated total value of S$150.<\/p>\n<p>The resident also alerted a town council worker to look out for the missing footwear in refuse collection areas.<\/p>\n<p>In response to queries, police confirmed that a report had been lodged and that investigations are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has drawn attention online after the footage was shared on social media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Some users questioned the motive behind the act, while others pointed out the unusual behaviour shown in the video.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theonlinecitizen.com\/mceclip1_f403b80ab7.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theonlinecitizen.com\/mceclip0_3ab4f84e16.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.theonlinecitizen.com\/mceclip2_1fc3e8fb3e.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/theonlinecitizen.com\/2026\/04\/10\/police-report-filed-after-man-caught-on-cctv-allegedly-taking-and-discarding-shoes-in-woodlands-hdb-block\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SINGAPORE: A man has been caught on CCTV allegedly taking and discarding footwear from outside a public housing unit in Singapore, in an incident reported&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44130,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/44130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}