TWO men were held for suspected involvement in loan sharking activities on Tuesday.

The arrests follows several reports of loan shark harassment in the Bukit Merah View housing estate since the start of this month. These cases often involved paint being splashed on walls and/or loan shark graffiti. As a result, officers from Clementi Police Division stepped up on their patrols in the vicinity.

Their efforts paid off at midnight on Tuesday when the 22-year-old suspects were spotted behaving suspiciously in the Bukit Merah View area.

This article was first published in The Straits Times.

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