From crime cache to auction

Secondary sourcing: A valuer at Singapore online auction house Hotlotz cataloguing a branded bag at the Bukit Merah showroom. — Photo: The Straits Times

INSIDE Le Freeport, the luxury storage vault flanking Changi Airport, billions of dollars in elite global assets are discreetly stashed.

Bullion, fine art and rare diamonds reside in the maximum-security modern fortress that now also conceals a satellite workspace for local auction house Hotlotz.