POLICE have uncovered a suspected illegal electricity supply operation linked to cryptocurrency mining after seizing 48 bitcoin mining machines from a residential property in Seri Iskandar near Ipoh.
Perak Tengah district police chief Superintendent Hafezul Helmi Hamzah said the raid was conducted yesterday by the district police headquarters' Criminal Investigation Division in collaboration with an engineering team from Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB).
Police also seized two fast Ethernet switches, an internet router and a roll of cut electrical cable during the operation.
Hafezul said the case was being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code and Section 31(1) of the Electricity Supply Act 1990.
He said illegal electricity connections used to power cryptocurrency mining operations were taken seriously as they caused losses to utility providers and increased the risk of fires and threats to public safety.
He urged the public to refrain from engaging in such activities and to report suspected cryptocurrency mining operations involving electricity theft to the police. - November 11, 2026
