KUALA LUMPUR – Three men with various criminal records and a woman have been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the break-in of a spa and beauty shop in Sri Hartamas, involving losses of RM32,700.
Brickfields district police chief Anuar Omar said the arrest was made following a report by a 32-year-old woman on January 2, who claimed that her shop was broken into and various equipment and products were missing.
He said all the suspects were arrested at separate locations following operations conducted from January 8 until yesterday in Damansara, Setapak, Jalan Gombak, and Pekan Ayer Hitam (Kedah).
“The first suspect, a 38-year-old man with 13 criminal and drug offence records, was arrested in Damansara on January 8. Police confiscated a mobile phone and bank card from him.
“The suspect claimed to have leased his bank card to a man identified as Ah Hoo for RM1,200, and the suspect was released yesterday,” he said in a statement today.
Following the arrest, he said, police arrested a 35-year-old man with 10 criminal records in Pekan Ayer Hitam and confiscated a bag, two cheque books, and two mobile phones.
The man confessed to being involved in the case and was charged in court yesterday, he added.
Anuar said the other two suspects, a woman, 33, and a man, 46, were arrested in Setapak and Jalan Gombak, respectively.
“Various items suspected to be stolen, including a television, a fan, electric stoves, water heaters, a vacuum cleaner, backpacks, and various breaking-in tools, were seized from them,” he said, adding that the two suspects are in remand for four days until Tuesday for investigations .
In another case, two men aged 31 and 34 were arrested in connection with a snatch theft at Jalan PJS 3/22, Taman Seri Manja, Petaling Jaya, at 2.30am yesterday.
He said the two suspects, with 21 and 25 criminal records, respectively, are in remand for five days until Tuesday for investigation. – Bernama, January 16, 2021
