Cops nab trio for alleged theft of copper cables worth RM42,000

JASIN: Police have succeeded in solving the theft of 21 rolls of copper cables worth RM42,000 within 24 hours after arresting a security guard at a construction site belonging to a glass factory together with his two accomplices in separate raids on April 8.

Jasin OCPD Deputy Supt Mispani Hamdan said the male suspects, aged between 31 and 35, were arrested after the project engineer at the construction site in Lipat Kajang here lodged a police report at about 1.15pm on April 7 when he discovered the rolls of copper wire kept in a container for the past month missing.