Police Nab Two Snatch Theft and Robbery Suspects

Tuesday, 3 February 2009

Police Nab Two Snatch Theft and Robbery Suspects

Public information and quick police action leads to arrest of duo

CLOSE cooperation from residents and swift police action ended the reign of terror of two armed snatch thieves and robbers in Subang Jaya following the arrest of the duo late this evening (Feb 4).
Tailed by plainclothes policeman for several hours without their knowledge, the two suspects had circled around SS14 and SS18 before the long arms of the law reached out to grab them in the residential area.

The suspects, two Indian men in their mid to late thirties, had been on a crime spree for some time now, mugging and robbing residents, including students of their belongings.
Their modus operandi, one of them would approach the victim on the pretext of an emergency and needing to make a call from the victim’s mobile phone. Once the existence of a phone is confirmed, the suspect would wield his knife or dagger relieving the victim of their mobile phone and valuables.

The second suspect would then approach before the duo escaped on their motorcycle.

One the suspects was just released from the Simpang Renggam Detention Centre. He was overheard telling the police that he has been staying in Taman Medan since his release.
According to SS17 police station officer-in-charge Chief Inspector Sulaiman Baputty, police believe the arrest of the duo would shed light on several snatch theft and robbery cases in Subang Jaya.
“The duo had two knives and also a bottle of petrol on the motorcycle. We believe they used this to threaten their victims.”

“My officers had been tailing the duo for the whole afternoon before deciding to move in on them,” he said.
Sulaiman thanked residents for providing information and also a description of the suspects which led to the latter’s arrest.