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Shopping mall security officer fined $2,000 for stealing Watsons store's items

Thurga Ellan, 27, pleaded guilty to one charge of theft. (Yahoo News Singapore)
Thurga Ellan, 27, pleaded guilty to one charge of theft. (Yahoo News Singapore)

A security officer who was assigned to Bedok Mall stole from a shop while on her security rounds, a court heard.

At the State Courts on Thursday (7 March), Thurga Ellan was fined $2,000 after she pleaded guilty to one charge of theft. If she fails to pay the fine she will have to serve 10 days in jail.

The 27-year-old Malaysian was employed by Certis Cisco and assigned to the shopping mall. On 4 January, just after midnight, Thurga took a break while doing her rounds near the atrium at basement 2.

Health and beauty store Watsons had just held a sale at the atrium and used a cloth to cover the cosmetics section of its products there.

Thurga went under the cloth, took several items and hid them in her pockets. The stolen items totaled $316.98 included lipsticks, eyeliner, blushes, eyeshadow, foundation, lip pencils and a makeup brush. She then continued on her security rounds.

The incident was captured on the mall’s CCTV. A Watsons sales manager called the police about the missing items the same afternoon. All the stolen items were later recovered.

Thurga was arrested on 8 January when she reported for duty at work. She admitted to the theft.

The maximum penalty for theft is up to three years’ jail along with a fine.

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