Police cripple high-tech car theft ring

Job well done: Comm Mazlan (centre) and other officers looking at the stolen cars that were seized.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have crippled a syndicate using high-tech gadgets to steal luxury vehicles that are then resold as cloned vehicles.The syndicate was able to clone a vehicle’s key-fob (security device used to access services and data) and drive off within 10 minutes.

The tools included GPS trackers and key-fob replicator devices.