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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press Release 02
Fish & Aquatic Thefts
Dates: From July 95' to Apr 02'
(News Arranged in "Most Recent" to "Oldest News".)
Thieves net LH fish worth $30,000!!
" FlowerHorn aquarium shop owner H.C. Teo in Joo Chiat Road lost 190 fishes and cash worth $30,000! ...This is a new shop barely open for 1 month...in their haste, the culprits left behind a bag of 60 to 70 fish, which died because of insufficient air"
Reference: [The Straits Times, 15 April 2002]
Two flower horn (worth S$10K) ,better known as "Luohan", stolen from fish farm
"...I believe the thieves climbed into my farm by a ladder... alarm sounded, so they were fearful & escaped with 2 of my best Luohans (Flower Horns)"
Reference: [Channel News Asia, 21 March 2002]
Betta Owner loses prized fighting fish after winning competition!
"...the owner (Yip Kai Weng) of a prized fighting fish won a competition [worth $2,000 ] but lost it at Singapore's 1st National Betta Competition was held at Bukit Timah Plaza on March 14..."
Reference: [ChannelNews Asia, 18 Mar 2002]
Prize-winning Discus fish on display at Tanglin Mall stolen!
"...MORE than $120K of prize-winning discus fish on exhibition in a contest went missing on Friday from Tanglin Shopping Mall ...The thief scooped up 12 discus fish from the aquariums & walked away with.. He returned the next day, according to witnesses who saw his face from a video footage on the security TV camera, but he escaped again... "
Reference: [The Straits Times, 13 Jan 2001]
Tampines FISH farmer lost several tanks of his fish to thieves!
"...8th time in 9 months that his farm has been targeted. The tanks' water would be siphoned off and the fish stolen. On Fri night, the thieves appeared again in similar manner. They got off with 2 tanks of Guppies & 1 tank of mini Red Japanese fish worth $600..."
Reference: [The Straits Times, 21 Dec 1998]
$5,000 in water plants stolen from farm!
"...THIEVES cleared out a Punggol Freshwater Plant Farm, about $5K worth of plants from the Aquarium Iwarna(Buangkok Nth Farmway_II) are stolen..."
Reference: [The Straits Times, 07 Mar 1995]
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