ONE of the two men involved in the Chiltern Drive abduction and robbery was charged in court on Saturday. Aw Gan Chye, also known as Ow Gan Chye, 54, a taxi driver, faces two charges - one for abduction and another for armed robbery.

Last Tuesday, he and his accomplice made off with $50,000 after confronting a 60-year-old woman with a knife in the driveway of her Chiltern Drive home.

They ordered her to drive her BMW to a bank in Hougang Central where she withdrew the money and passed it to one of them.

They abandoned the car at a carpark, with the woman's two-year-old granddaughter and a Filipino maid inside. The maid drew the attention of a passer-by and the police were alerted.

Abduction carries a maximum penalty of seven years in jail and may include a fine and caning. For robbery, the maximum sentence is a 14-year jail term and at least 12 strokes of the cane.

Aw's accomplice, a man between 30 and 40 years old, is still at large.