Overview
- The case involves a box of anti-ageing supplements priced at S$507.30 that was found missing from a Guardian outlet in Changi Airport Terminal 1.
- Store staff reported the loss on May 7, and CCTV footage showed the woman allegedly leaving with the unpaid item on Apr 14.
- Investigators identified the 51-year-old Australian from surveillance images after she had left Singapore.
- She was arrested on Nov 2 at Changi Airport while transiting for another flight and will be charged in court on Nov 12.
- If convicted of theft in dwelling, she faces up to seven years’ imprisonment, a fine, or both, with police stressing firm enforcement and citing recent rises in shop-theft cases.