PORT DICKSON: A 22-year-old woman who admitted to stealing a gold bangle worth some RM15,000 from a jewellery shop to help pay off her boyfriend's car instalments has been sentenced to a day's jail.
According to the police, the Magistrate's Court here also ordered the woman to pay a RM7,000 fine for the offence.
District police chief Supt Aidi Sham Mohamed said the woman and her 20-year-old boyfriend went to the shop at around noon on Dec 7 on the pretext of buying jewellery.
"While looking at a gold bangle, they both suddenly got up and ran out of the store before escaping in a car.
"The incident happened so fast that the workers were not able to jot down the car registration number," he said in a statement on Tuesday (Dec 20).
Supt Aidi Sham said in a follow-up operation, police arrested the woman at an apartment in Rawang, Selangor, on Dec 16.
Police also managed to recover the stolen item which had been pawned at a shop in Seremban.
The woman was subsequently charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code.
Police are now looking for one Muhammad Haikal Izhar, whose last known address is in Taman Nusari Bayu, Bandar Sri Sendayan, to assist in the probe.
Those with information can contact Sjn Mohd Hazizi Abad at 019-347 1916 or 06-647 2344.
