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The Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for his suspected involvement in a series of cheating cases. 

On 21 March 2025, the Police received a call for assistance from a supermarket along Woodlands Street 82 for a case of suspected shop theft. The man was detained by a staff for allegedly scanning and voiding grocery items worth over $34 at the self checkout kiosk. Preliminary investigations revealed that he had purportedly scanned another barcode that to make the final payment of $0.60.

Subsequent investigations revealed that from 2 January 2025 to 21 March 2025, the man had allegedly made 26 such transactions at the supermarket and voided the items he had scanned from the self-checkout kiosk before leaving the store with the items. The total amount of the items voided by the man is valued over $500. 

The man will be charged in court on 17 July 2025 with the offence of Cheating under Section 420 of the Penal Code 1871 read with Section 124(4) of the Criminal Procedure Code 2010.  The offence carries an imprisonment for a term which may extend up to ten years and shall be liable to fine.