GEORGE TOWN, Dec 1 – Police have successful arrested a gang of house and shops burglary which are active around the Northeast, here following the arrest of six individuals, including two women in a entertainment center at Jalan Penang here on 12:30am last Friday.
“The six individuals who arrested are aged between 23 to 35 years. Following by a police report on last break-in was made by a mobile phone store owner on November 23. In the incident, the store owners had lost about RM300,000 which 103 Hua Wei mobile phone, mobile phone accessories, a DELL laptop, a Samsung Note 2 mobile phone and petty cash in box had been rob by the suspect,” Northeast district police chief ACP Mior Faridalatrash Wahid said at a press conference here today.
“Based on the CCTV footage in the shop, the police managed to track down five people, including two women which one are Vietnamese. We had arrested them at a entertainment center at Jalan Penang. Following the arrest of five individuals, including a pair of couple and a pair of married couple. Meanwhile, police also detained another man, traders in George Town which is the buyer of the goods stolen from them,” he said.
Mior Faridalatrash said police had recovered 19 pieces of various brands of mobile phones, laptops, cameras, watches and various equipment believed to be used for shop and house break-ins. He said initial investigations revealed that the gang was involved in at least 15 cases of housebreaking and shops burglary around this area and has been active since early this year.
“They have broken into shops or houses with no people with robbing the valuable items before sell to buyer who also arrested by the police. Three of the four guys which arrested have had found that they having the past criminal records and drug positive. All of them were remanded until tomorrow to assist the investigation. In the meantime, the case is also being investigated under Section 457 of the Penal Code,” he said.
