Several snatch theft cases solved thanks to Iranian

Wanted: ACP Shaharudin holding up a picture of a suspect sought by police to assist in the investigation of snatch thefts during the press conference at the Dang Wangi District Police Office in Kuala Lumpur. — Bernama

KUALA LUMPUR: An Iranian caught a thief who snatched his wife’s handbag in front of a hotel along Jalan Conlay.

But that was not all the foreigner did. That citizen’s arrest helped the police solve seven other snatch theft cases here and in Ampang that occurred over the past two years.