A FOUR-STOREY shophouse along Cavan Road was broken into on Saturday.

At about 5am, the shophouse owner's maid saw a man trying to escape by scaling the wall between the unit and the neighbouring's house.

In his haste to flee, he dropped one of two bags that he was carrying but managed to get away. The bag was later found to contain two laptops that were taken from the shophouse.

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