In the first incident, a flat in Block 241Jurong East Street 21 was broken into.

The victim, a Chinese woman in her early 40s, had locked her flat last Thursday at about 2.30pm. When she returned three days at 9.30pm, she found the room facing the main corridor was ransacked.

The bedroom iron grille was forced open and removed too.

She found her laptop, worth $1,800, and a $600 digital camera missing.

In the second incident, a coffeeshop in Block 34 Dover Road was broken into on Monday night.

The shop's supervisor had secured the premises at about midnight.

When he returned at 6am the next morning, he discovered that the counter was ransacked and 400 packets of cigarettes, worth $4,000, were stolen.

The window behind the wall had been cut and forced open.

Witnesses or those with information may call the Police hotline 1800-2550000