A coffee shop at Geylang despite having 16 closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras, six crates of beer were stolen on Wednesday (May 17, 2017).
Madam Ta, who is the lady boss of the 24-hours coffee shop at Geylang Lorong 21, first discovered a crate of beer missing near midnight on April 11, 2017.
They initially thought it was a cock-up in their record-taking, but two other crates went missing within that week.
Although the culprit had been caught on their existing CCTV cameras, the image was not clear, so Madam Ta’s husband bought a new set.
On Wednesday (May 17, 2017) at about 5.45am, a man in a grey top and jeans was captured on the new cameras stealing crate after crate of beer. At that time, the coffee shop had 16 sets of CCTVs installed.
From the CCTV footage, the man appears to be in his 30s to 40s and steals six crates of beer within 40 minutes and he came back again at 8.54am that day and brings a trolley with him.
However, he is later shown leaving without it, and a staff member notified the bosses that someone had stolen beer.
“My worker immediately ran over and said the beer thief had gone, but we kept the five crates of beer, and my husband called the police after,” said Madam Ta.
She said the total amount of beer stolen was worth $792.
A police report has been made and Investigations are ongoing.
