Cops nab 13 over theft of 72 tonnes of steel rails

SEREMBAN: The police have arrested 12 men and a woman on suspicion of having been involved in the theft of 72 tonnes of steel rails valued at RM90,000 from the railway yard of the Gemas railway station in the Tampin district.

Tampin OCPD Supt Anuwal Ab Wahab said on Thursday (Dec 22) that the suspects, aged between 35 and 56 years old, were picked up in Rompin, Pahang; Jalan Campbell, Seremban; Klang, Selangor, and Masai, Johor, between Dec 19 and Thursday.