‘Takes time to start’: Man stunned as 6 teenage suspects ride in unlocked car in Sengkang

SINGAPORE – A strange habit has left one driver in Singapore with a loosened bumper, several scratches on his body and a damaged interior, and a sobering reminder that it’s never too safe to take precautions in Singapore.

Because his car key fob was faulty, Mr Wong Wei Loong and his wife occasionally left their car doors unlocked and the keys in the car for most of the past two years.

But when the 37-year-old manager of a creative agency went to retrieve the camera from his car on October 29 at around 11:20 p.m., the vehicle had disappeared from where it was last parked in a multi-storey car park in Blok. 457 Sengkang West Road.

After washing the car park for 40 minutes to no avail, Mr Wong lodged a police report.

“It took some time to find out that the car was indeed stolen,” he said. “You really can’t imagine that – the closer someone can come in and steal a cash card or something. But the whole case was dismissed.”

Another shock was to come for Mr. Wong.

As he and his wife spoke to two police officers at the scene, he heard the familiar sound of his car’s engine before he saw the car pull into the parking lot. Then the car was raised to the second floor.

The police quickly intercepted and stopped the car and ordered the people inside to get out. Six teenagers turned out.

In response to ST’s inquiries, the police reported that five men aged 14 to 16 and a 13-year-old girl were arrested for car theft.

“One of the 16-year-olds will also contribute to the investigation of the possession of combat weapons,” the police said.

After Mr. Wong returned his car, he moved it and parked it upstairs. That’s when he discovered a pile of items left behind by the teenagers, which were strewn across the front and back seats and on the floorboard of the car.

Among them were a rag, an electronic vaporizer, a portable charger, slippers, coins and a receipt from a gas station.

The receipt showed that a transaction of US$59.52 was made to fill up the car’s petrol at SPC Petrol Kiosk at 100 Punggol Central at 2.12am on October 29, indicating that the car had also been impounded the night before his disappearance was discovered. .