KOTA KINABALU: Police here have arrested two men aged 22 and 24 following a spate of snatch theft cases in a single day.
City police chief Asst Comm M Chandra said the two men were believed to be involved in four cases on April 11.
He said the two men were arrested at a house in Likas near here the following day and police were on the hunt for a third suspect.
Both suspects tested positive for drugs.
ACP Chandra said the string of robberies began at 5.10am when a woman lost her handbag containing a passport and handphone at the Kingfisher Plaza near here.
The thieves, who were seen in a Perodua Viva, struck again at 6.30am when they snatched a bag containing a laptop computer and handphone from a woman at Luyang.
Barely 40 minutes later, the thieves grabbed the handbag of woman at a bus stop in the downtown area here.
At 6.30pm, they grabbed a woman’s handbag containing about RM1,200 in cash at the Kepayan near here.
Initial investigations also showed that the car was registered under the name of one of the suspects.
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