‘Takes time to start’: Man stunned after 6 teenagers allegedly took unlocked amusement ride 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 the car key fob was faulty, Mr Wong Wei Loong and his wife occasionally left their car doors unlocked and the key 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 it – the closer someone can come in and steal a CashCard 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 inquiries from the Straits Times, police said five men aged between 14 and 16 and a 13-year-old girl had been arrested for stealing the car.

“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. It was then that he discovered a number of items allegedly left behind by teenagers.

Items were strewn across the front and back seats, as well as the floorboards 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 tank at an SPC kiosk at 100 Punggol Central at 2.12am on Oct 29, indicating that the car was also recovered the night before it went missing. discovered