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SINGAPORE \u2013 A 47-year-old American man has been arrested for a series of shop thefts within Changi Airport\u2019s transit areas, involving more than $1,400 worth of perfume.<\/p>\n
The suspect was nabbed by Airport Police Division officers during a planned operation on Sept 25 as he transited through Changi Airport, the police said in a statement on Oct 7, ending an alleged multi-visit stealing spree across terminals.<\/p>\n
The authorities were first alerted on Nov 5, 2025, to a case of shop theft after a retail assistant at Changi Airport Terminal 3 discovered a box of perfume missing from a display shelf.<\/p>\n
CCTV footage revealed that a man had taken a box of perfume valued at $331 the previous evening at 7.38pm and left without paying.<\/p>\n
Further investigations revealed that he had swiped three more boxes of perfume, totalling $646, from two retail outlets in the transit area of Terminal 2 later that day, before flying out of Singapore.<\/p>\n
Airport Police Division officers identified the suspect, but he had left Singapore by then.<\/p>\n
The suspect struck again about five months later.<\/p>\n
During a layover at Changi Airport on April 24, 2026, he took two more boxes of perfume, valued at $236.90 and $195.40, from two shops between 7.15am and 7.21am before departing on his connecting flight.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Airport Police Division caught up with him on Sept 25 when he transited through Changi Airport.<\/p>\n
The man will be charged on Oct 8 with five counts of theft in dwelling. If convicted, he can be jailed for up to seven years, fined or both.<\/p>\n
\u201cOffenders should not assume that leaving Singapore after committing an offence will allow them to evade the law,\u201d said the police, emphasising its zero-tolerance stance on shop theft.<\/p>\n
The authorities added that they take such crimes seriously and will continue to work closely with airport stakeholders to prevent, detect and deter shop theft at Changi Airport.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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