SINGAPORE - Ten people were arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing over 90 pieces of clothing worth about $6,800.

The seven men and three women, aged between 20 and 32, committed a slew of shop thefts in Orchard Road and HarbourFront Walk, the police said in a statement on Tuesday.

The police said they were initially alerted to a case of attempted theft in Orchard Road on Oct 16.

The suspects’ identities were then established by officers from Tanglin and Clementi police divisions through extensive ground inquiries and images from police cameras and closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage.

The suspects were arrested for the syndicated crime and four additional cases of shop theft during a police operation two weeks later.

Among the recovered items believed to have been stolen were multiple Uniqlo shirts and women’s undergarments.

Five of the men and the three women will be charged in court on Wednesday with theft in dwelling with common intention and attempting to commit theft in dwelling with common intention.

If convicted, they could be jailed for up to seven years and fined.

The police urged retailers to remain vigilant against shop thieves and adopt preventive measures, including displaying posters or signs to caution against theft and installing CCTV cameras with recording systems at the entrance and exit of the store.

They also advised taking other precautions such as ensuring staff have a good line of sight to product displays, deploying security personnel to patrol the premises in luminous vests, and displaying expensive items in locked showcases, or at prominent locations such as cashier counters.