A 63-year-old Indian woman lost a gold chain worth $2,500 in a lift robbery on Jan 17.
The victim's chain was pulled off by a stranger who had entered the lift with her. She suffered a bruised cheek from the struggle.
The man escaped when the lift doors opened on the eighth floor of Block 13 York Hill.
Police said he has a dark complexion, is about 1.75m tall with short black hair, and was wearing grey tee-shirt and pants.
In an other theft, $4,000 worth of goods and cash were stolen from a kiosk near Commonwealth MRT station.
The shop owner secured his shop at 10.30pm on Jan 16, but came back the next morning to find one of the entrances opened.
About $2,600 worth of cigarettes and mobile phone top-up cards and $,1400 in cash were reported missing following the break-in.
Police are appealing for witnesses to the robbery and the break-in.
