SINGAPORE - For years, when she left her Mount Sinai home, she would not lock the front gate. Ms Susan, a resident in her 60s, said the area was safe and house break-ins were not an issue. Then came news last week that a couple of homes in the Holland Road area had been burgled, allegedly targeted by a syndicate....
Suspects from an international housebreaking syndicate allegedly broke into two houses along Bukit Sedap Road in July.SINGAPORE - For years, when she left her Mount Sinai home, she would not lock the front gate.Then came news last week that a couple of homes in the Holland Road area had been burgled, allegedly targeted by a syndicate.The Straits Times reported on Aug 2 that an international housebreaking syndicate allegedly targeted the Bukit Sedap Road area, off Holland Road.
“Now we’re getting a bit frightened – I lock both because I don’t want to come when my children are home.” The contractor, who declined to be named, said a padlock was installed on the gate last week, after the break-ins. Ms Ambe, 45, a domestic helper at a house in Bukit Sedap Road, said her employers were overseas and she had told them about the break-ins. She usually ensures all the doors and windows are locked.Over at Grove Drive, a teacher, 29, who declined to be named and who works at a pre-school there, said her principal told them to keep all their valuables and laptops at home.
“In all the years we’ve lived here, we’ve never had house break-ins. It makes us worried,” said Mr Teo, adding that he hopes the police can conduct more regular patrols.
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