KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 9 — Police have busted a burglary ring believed to be responsible for a spate of four house break-ins in the Petaling Jaya district, with the arrest of three suspects on August 1.
Petaling Jaya District police chief ACP Mohamad Fakhruddin Abdul Hamid said the arrest of the three suspects, including a woman, led to the solving of four cases of house burglaries around the Petaling Jaya district which caused an estimated RM24,800 in losses.
Police nabbed all the suspects, aged between 29 and 43, at the Sungai Buloh Toll Plaza at 2pm.
He said the police also confiscated items including a Versace trinket box containing a chain, a Coach-brand handbag, a bottle of Calvin Klein perfume, and a Gaston-brand spanner.
“We also seized two pawning receipts, a screwdriver, a set of Allen keys and three modified Allen keys,” Mohamad Fakhruddin said in a statement today, adding that a check confirmed that all the suspects had criminal records, including drug abuse offences.
One suspect also tested positive for methamphetamine usage.
The sequence of events leading up to the arrests began with a police report over a house burglary in the Damansara Damai area at 12.28pm on July 30.
According to the report, the complainant arrived home at 11.30am to find the grill door of his house broken, with RM2,700 in losses.
“The suspects were remanded for a week from August 2,” he said.
— Bernama
