19-year-old arrested after red paint attack on Tampines flat; linked to multiple loanshark harassment cases
A 19-year-old male teenager has been arrested for his alleged involvement in several cases of loanshark harassment.Police said in a news release on Thursday (Oct 1) night that they were alerted at about 11.40pm on Sept 30 to a case of loanshark harassment at a residential unit along Tampines Street 11.A photograph of the alleged crime scene shows the main gate of the victim's unit splashed with red paint. A debtor's note was also placed on the ground.Officers from Bedok Police Division and the Police Operations Command Centre identified the teenager through follow-up investigations and with the aid of images from closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras and police cameras.According to the police, he was arrested within three hours of the report being lodged.Preliminary investigations revealed that he is allegedly involved in at least two other similar cases of loanshark harassment, the police added.The 19-year-old will be charged in court on Friday with the offence of loanshark harassment.