Singapore jails Chinese trio for ‘sophisticated’ theft of casino chips with super glue on their palms
- The three men from China, who were in Singapore for a holiday and to gamble, received jail terms of 7-10 months
- From March 6 to 11, they stole about US$1,100 worth of casino chips from the Marina Bay Sands and Resorts World Sentosa casinos
The thief who had hatched the plot bought two bottles of super glue online and handed them to his accomplice, who had an eye condition.
The latter was to tell authorities that the bottles contained eye drops if any questions were raised.
After visiting the casino for multiple days in March, the thief who had come up with the plot was caught red-handed by another gambler, who grabbed his hand and saw the chip stuck to his palm.
Huang Chunsheng, 50, was sentenced to eight months’ jail. Zheng Jiansheng, 64, who had the eye condition and stole the most chips, was given 10 months’ jail. Jiang Renjing, 55, received seven months’ jail.
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The court heard that the three men had arrived in Singapore on March 6 on social visit passes that allowed them to stay for only 14 days.