KUALA TERENGGANU, 11 Dec 2017:
Police have solved eight snatch theft cases with the arrest of a man dubbed ‘Abang Sang’ at Taman Permint Jaya, Chendering here last Thursday.
On that day, the 24-year-old suspect had allegedly committed two snatch thefts in Jalan Pasir Panjang and Kuala Ibai between 2pm and 2.30pm.
Kuala Terengganu police chief ACP Idris Abd Rafar said the victims in the latest two snatch thefts were females.
One was riding a motorcycle in Jalan Pasir Panjang when the suspect snatched her handbag that was placed in the machine’s basket while the other, aged 13, was a student in Kuala Ibai – whose bag was snatched in similar modus operandi.
“Following reports by the two victims, the police nabbed the suspect six hours later while he was riding a motorcycle with a teenager in Chendering,” said Idris, adding the suspect was remanded until tomorrow.
Meanwhile in Butterworth, police rescued five foreign women – believed to be victims of a human trafficking syndicate in a raid at a hotel in Jalan Raja Uda on Saturday night.
Initial investigations revealed the women, comprising four Thais and a Laotian aged between 23 and 33, were believed to have been involved in prostitution for the past few months at a hotel room.
Seberang Perai Utara police chief ACP Noorzainy Mohd Nor said in the 9.30pm raid, two men aged 20 and 29 were picked up to facilitate investigations.
He said four mobile phones were seized from from the two men.
“The syndicate had been operating at several other hotels in Butterworth, with the women offering sex at RM100 each.”
Meanwhile in Kepala Batas, the police detained 27 people for drug-related cases in a joint operation with the National Anti-Drug Agency in Bakau Tua, Penaga and Kuala Muda.
The suspects aged between 15 and 55 were picked up in the six-hour operation, beginning 6am.
In Bukit Mertajam, Seberang Perai Tengah police chief ACP Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abdul Hamid said two ketum drink sellers aged 21 and 26 were nabbed in a raid on an eatery in Taman Alma Jaya, Machang Bubok yesterday.
Thirty-two packets of ketum drinks were seized in the 6.40pm incident.
– Bernama