Police have arrested a 46-year-old man for stealing gold bars from a pawnshop at Bukit Merah Central.
The suspect was said to have entered the pawnshop on the pretext of buying gold bars.
Not bearing any suspicion, the pawnshop's staff handed three gold bars to him for viewing purposes.
While pretending to view the gold bars, the suspect fled the scene towards Jalan Bukit Merah.