The police raided his flat and recovered two cans of Coca-Cola from his fridge. (Representational)

Singapore:

An Indian-origin man was sentenced to 6 weeks’ jail on Tuesday for stealing three cans of Coca-Cola price SGD3 (roughly Rs 170) from a minimart at an area housing property.

The man recognized as Jeswindar Singh Dilbara Singh, 61, pleaded responsible to 1 rely of theft, Channel News Asia reported.

The court docket was advised that Singh was strolling previous a minimart within the Bukit Merah public housing property on August 26 when he stopped and pulled open the fridge door, and took three cans of Coca-Cola with out paying for them.

Later that morning, the proprietor of the store was getting ready for enterprise when his spouse seen that the fridge door was barely opened.

The couple watched their CCTV footage and noticed Singh stealing three cans of Coca-Cola valued at SGD3 (roughly Rs 170) from the fridge.

The couple then known as the police after which the person was recognized utilizing police digital camera footage and he was arrested that very same day.

The police raided his flat and recovered two cans of Coca-Cola from his fridge. The cans had been returned to the minimart.

The third can was consumed by the person, and he didn’t make any restitution, the prosecutor stated. 

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