A teenager worked with two men to steal $350,000 after one of them assured him that the victim would not alert the authorities as the money was purportedly “not clean”. Vietnamese Nguyen Nhut Anh, then 18, and the pair took part in the heist on Sept 29, 2023. He was arrested the next day after the victim, known only as KSH, made a police report about the incident.
The following month, his urine samples were found to contain traces of methamphetamine. Anh, now 19, is the third person involved in the case to be convicted in court and on Aug 23, he pleaded guilty to abetting the theft. He also admitted to an unrelated drug consumption charge.
The authorities have not recovered the money, and his two Singaporean accomplices – Darren Lim Jun Hao, 24 and Tobias Tan Wei An, 25 – were dealt with in court earlier in 2024. Anh was first caught in Boon Lay Place at around 2.40am on Sept 26, 2023.
The arresting officers felt that he had consumed drugs. Man jailed for raping girl, 13, while on the run He provided his urine samples at the Central Narcotics Bureau headquarters and was released on bail. Meanwhile, some time before Sept 29, 2023, Tan told Lim and Anh about a plan to steal the $350,000.
Deputy Public Prosecutor Darren Ang said that Anh was initially suspicious of the arrangement and that Tan assured him the victim would not dare alert the police as the money was “not clean”. Court documents did not disclose how the victim had obtained the cash and how Tan knew abou.