{"id":324831,"date":"2025-08-07T09:31:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324831\/"},"modified":"2025-08-07T09:31:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-07T09:31:13","slug":"american-dentist-and-engineer-wife-taught-harsh-lesson-after-shoplifting-visiting-one-of-the-strictest-countries-on-earth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/324831\/","title":{"rendered":"American dentist and engineer wife taught harsh lesson after SHOPLIFTING visiting one of the strictest countries on Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"

By WILL POTTER, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER<\/a> and TAHIR IBN MANZOOR <\/p>\n

Published: 15:51 EDT, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 17:55 EDT, 6 August 2025 <\/p>\n

An American dentist and his engineer wife spent weeks behind bars after being caught red-handed stealing luxury items in notoriously strict Singapore<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The pair, Kapadia Husain Zoher, 35, and Kapadia Amatullah, 30, were arrested on June 23 after stealing from designer shops at Changi Airport.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Authorities said the couple, who are both US nationals, stole more than $750 of upmarket items from Louis Vuitton and Dior at the airport before trying to board their jet.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They made it all the way to their seats on a flight set for Mumbai<\/a> before airport police hauled them away.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Cops said that CCTV from inside the airport captured the couple in the act, and both were swiftly prosecuted and subsequently pleaded guilty to theft.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zoher was handed an 18-day jail sentence and his wife was sentenced to a week behind bars for the brazen shoplifting.\u00a0<\/p>\n

State Prosecuting Officer (SPO) Ng Chee Wee argued at their sentencing that Zoher ‘had stolen out of greed.<\/p>\n

‘He had a habit of overspending, and he did not want to pay,’ the prosecutor said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"American <\/p>\n

American dentist\u00a0Kapadia Husain Zoher, 35, (pictured with a patient) and his engineer wife spent weeks behind bars after being caught red-handed stealing luxury items in an airport in notoriously strict Singapore<\/p>\n

\"Zoher <\/p>\n

Zoher (left) and his wife\u00a0Kapadia Amatullah, 30 (right)\u00a0were arrested on June 23 after stealing $750 worth of luxury items, and spent 18 days and a week behind bars, respectively, after pleading guilty\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The couple were snared at Singapore’s\u00a0Changi Airport (pictured) after being caught on CCTV<\/p>\n

Authorities said the couple’s shoplifting spree began around 5pm after they entered Changi Airport’s terminal 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They were seen on CCTV targeting a Louis Vuitton store first, where Zoher stole a credit card holder worth $600.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The couple then moved to Terminal 3 around 5:40pm and\u00a0went to Cosmetics & Perfumes by The Shilla, a designer store.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zoher then took a bottle of Dior Sauvage perfume worth around $160 and slipped it into his pocket, with prosecutors saying he had his wife act as a lookout.\u00a0<\/p>\n

According to an image of Zoher at his dentistry practice, he works at a clinic in Houston, Texas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He and his wife got off lightly for their stealing frenzy.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Singapore has one of the world’s lowest crime rate thanks to draconian laws that outlaw chewing gum, e-cigarettes and the failure to flush a public toilet.<\/p>\n

People caught taking drugs face lengthy prison sentences and 24 strokes with a cane.<\/p>\n

Anyone caught dealing illegal substances is executed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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