3 Men Charged Over Bukit Timah Break-In; $685k Worth of Items Stolen From a House

Three foreign nationals allegedly involved in three cases of housebreaking and theft in Bukit Timah were hauled to court on May 12.

- Christine Tan

From one house alone, they purportedly stole jewellery, luxury watches and cash worth about $684,800 in total.

Spanish-Colombian national Hernando Giraldo Franco, 60; Mexican national Hector Danial Garcia Iglesias, 51; and Mexican-Colombian national Mateo Andres Garces Murillo, 48, each face one charge of housebreaking.

Both Hernando and Mateo have dual citizenship.

According to charge sheets, the trio allegedly broke into a landed home in Dunearn Close on May 9 at 9.55pm by forcing open a sliding window.

They purportedly stole items including jewellery worth about $421,300, and seven luxury watches—such as Montblanc men's and Breguet men's vintage watches worth about $58,000 in total, and a Cartier watch valued at about $80,000.

Their loot also consisted of local and foreign currencies from the house, totalling about $11,500.