Shah Alam police arrest six men in six-day operation, busting a cable theft syndicate and seizing tools and stolen cables.
SHAH ALAM: Police have successfully crippled a cable theft syndicate following the arrest of six men in a series of operations around the Klang Valley from May 4 until yesterday.
Shah Alam district police chief ACP Ramsay Embol said the operation was carried out by the Criminal Investigation Division (D4) of the Shah Alam District Police Headquarters (IPD) with the cooperation of various units after an incident involving the theft of Telekom Malaysia (TM) cables in Section 2 here went viral on social media platforms.
“All suspects aged between 26 and 40 were arrested during the six-day operation from May 4 to 9, where checks revealed they had between seven and 31 previous records related to crime and drugs.
“Urine screening tests conducted during the arrests also found that four members of the group tested positive for Amphetamine and Methamphetamine,” he said in a statement today.
In the same raids, he said police also seized a Nissan Navara vehicle and various tools used by the suspects to cut cables at the scene, in addition to three rolls of cable belonging to the telecommunications company.
Anyone with information related to the case is urged to contact Shah Alam IPD criminal investigating officer Insp Mohammad Amirul Zulkifli at 012-5583436 to assist investigations.
