American arrested on return to Changi Airport over alleged shop theft 10 months earlier

The long arm of the law caught up with a 47-year-old American on Sept 25, about 10 months after he allegedly stole from several shops in the transit areas of Changi Airport. Police said on Wednesday (Oct 7) that the alleged theft cases took place in November 2025 and April this year.He first allegedly stole from a retail outlet in the transit area of Changi Airport Terminal 3 at about 7.40pm on Nov 4, 2025.The American was seen on closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage removing a box of perfume valued at $331 from a display shelf and leaving the outlet without paying. He is said to have taken three more boxes of perfume, with a total value of $646, from another two retail outlets in the transit area of Terminal 2 on the same day. The police said their officers from the Airport Police Division managed to establish the man's identity but he had already departed Singapore.At about 7.05am on April 26, he returned to Changi Airport for a connecting flight, and took a box of perfume valued at $236.90 from a retail outlet, and another box of perfume worth $195.40 from another outlet.