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Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow

Singapore jails armed Malaysian gang for US$3.9 million ‘lightning heist’ at bungalow
South China Morning Post Tuesday 15 September 2026, 02:01 UTC By CNA 1 min read
Key Points

After learning that a woman regularly hosted high-stakes poker games at her home in Singapore’s affluent Bukit Timah area, two men plotted to rob the house, recruiting a group of people from Malaysia and conducting surveillance before carrying out the plan. Prosecutors said seven men entered the King Albert Park good class bungalow in the early hours of April 18, 2024, in a “lightning heist”, some of them armed with machetes and baseball bats. They tied up the people inside and stole about...

After learning that a woman regularly hosted high-stakes poker games at her home in Singapore’s affluent Bukit Timah area, two men plotted to rob the house, recruiting a group of people from Malaysia and conducting surveillance before carrying out the plan. Prosecutors said seven men entered the King Albert Park good class bungalow in the early hours of April 18, 2024, in a “lightning heist”, some of them armed with machetes and baseball bats. They tied up the people inside and stole about S$4.9...
Singapore (LOCATION) Malaysian (ORG) Bukit Timah (LOCATION) Malaysia (LOCATION) Albert Park (PERSON)
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