SINGAPORE: The man who threatened to blow up a pawn shop outside Boon Lay MRT station last Saturday after a failed robbery attempt has been arrested, the police said in a statement on Wednesday evening (Aug 1).
The man had entered the shop at about 4.30pm, armed with a knife and gun believed to be a replica, and demanded that an employee had over cash and jewellery.
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It turned out that the object "only contained some electrical components", authorities had said.
After the incident, police appealed to the public for information on the suspect, said to have been 1.75m tall and wearing a pink turban, blue jacket and long brown pants when he was last seen.
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