16 years jail for ex-Aetos officer who robbed Jurong shop with loaded gun

The man was allegedly carrying a firearm during the robbery, but did not reveal it to the staff. - SINGAPORE POLICE FORCE

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A debt-ridden Aetos auxiliary officer who robbed a licensed moneylending company in Jurong while armed with a loaded gun was sentenced to 16½ years' jail and ordered to be given 18 strokes of the cane on Tuesday (Sept 13).

Mahadi Muhamad Mukhtar, 39, admitted in court that he decided to copy the approach used by David James Roach, the Canadian who robbed Standard Chartered Bank in 2016 and wrote his demands in a note.