Suspected burglar caught

SIBU: Police arrested an unemployed man at a budget hotel here on suspicion of committing burglary and theft. Acting Sibu district police chief Supt Dr Collin Babat said the 26-year-old suspect was believed to have committed the crime at a government-owned education flat in Jalan Disa near here. He said the suspect was detained at […]

Nine months’ jail for burglar

SIBU: A 32-year-old burglar who broke into a house in Lorong Brooke Drive 22 at 12.45am on Nov 5 and carted away RM2,000 worth of items was on Tuesday (Nov 9) ordered to be put behind bars for nine months by a Magistrates’ Court. The charge against Mohd Khairol Azhar Md Azani from Sri Aman […]

Two burglars caught within five hours of crime

MIRI: Police arrested two men within five hours after they broke into a house and stole two drills on Friday. The 9am incident that occurred at Jalan Heleconia Pujut 5D here was captured on closed circuit television (CCTV). After finding two of his drills with an estimate value of RM700 having gone missing, the complainant […]

Cops hunting for would-be burglars

KUCHING: Police are looking for two men caught on CCTV trying to break into a double-storey house in the Moyanezee housing area, Jalan Batu Kawa here last Sunday (May 2). “The owner, 40, immediately rushed home but the suspects had fled. “He then made a sweep of the house and found that the locks on […]

Intruder caught red-handed by homeowner

MIRI: A suspected burglar was caught red-handed at a house in Taman Tunku at 9.30pm on Friday. According to sources, the house owner, 29, after returning home from his workplace, spotted a suspicious figure wandering inside one of the rooms that night. He immediately alerted Taman Tunku Resident Community (JKP) for help. Within minutes, a […]