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SINGAPORE – A man was shot in the abdomen during a fight with police officers in Balestier on Thursday morning (November 5), after he assaulted an officer and attempted to grab a second officer’s revolver.
The 36-year-old man, who was taken to hospital after the shooting incident, is currently in stable condition, police said.
He is detained for voluntarily causing harm to dissuade a public servant from fulfilling his duties, as well as for crimes of cheating, illegal assembly and crimes related to drugs and customs.
The altercation occurred at an apartment on Balestier Road around 1 a.m. during a police raid to arrest four people allegedly involved in a series of cheating cases.
When police entered the unit, the man pounced on an officer and repeatedly attacked him, causing him to bleed his face and fall to the ground.
When he refused to listen to a warning from a second officer to stop attacking the wounded police officer, the officer drew his revolver, after also assessing that a second 22-year-old man in the unit could join in on his partner’s assault.
Then a violent fight ensued as the previous man turned to the second officer and tried to snatch the revolver from him. A shot was fired, but the man continued to fight the officer, police said.
The backup officers finally managed to subdue the two hostile men.
Both officers were injured, the first with injuries to the face and arm, while the second was injured in the hands and lips.
Police said the 22-year-old is also being investigated for voluntarily causing harm to dissuade a public servant from doing his duty.
The other two women on the floor, aged 33 and 23, allegedly girlfriends of the two men, were also arrested for cheating and allegedly using controlled drugs.
Police seized $ 20,000 of alleged criminal proceeds, drugs, and drug-related paraphernalia.
In addition to the four occupants of the flat, three others, two 18 and one 32, are also involved in the cheating cases.
They were arrested between Tuesday and Thursday in separate raids. Police said they had used the victims’ details, including credit card details, to order and purchase phones and phone lines from a telecommunications company.
Then they sold the phones for cash.
When the telecommunications companies tried to reclaim the money from the banks, the transaction was rejected, costing the telecommunications companies $ 42,000.
Tanglin Police Division Commander Chong Chee Ming said on Thursday: “We will continue to vigorously pursue criminals and take necessary measures, including the use of force necessary to arrest criminals.”
“Police officers work in a dynamic environment. There are many unknowns, and the risks that police officers face are very real. They have to be agile.”
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