KUALA TERENGGANU: Police have detained a man to assist in investigations into the theft of jewellery worth about RM237,000 belonging to a medical lecturer at a higher learning institution in the state.
Kuala Terengganu district police chief ACP Azli Mohd Noor said police believe they solved the case with the arrest of the 31-year-old suspect in Jalan Sultan Omar at about 3am Sunday (Jan 19).
He said the suspect, a perfume trader, was the foster brother of the victim’s husband and had full access to their residence at any time.
"The theft of the jewellery is believed to have occurred in November last year, but the victim and her family only realised that it was stolen on Jan 17 when their search efforts proved unsuccessful.
"Following this, the 49-year-old victim lodged a report at the Kuala Terengganu district police headquarters at 2.04pm last Saturday (Jan 18),” he said when contacted on Monday (Jan 20).
Azli said the suspect admitted to taking and selling the jewellery to a goldsmith shop in the district.
According to him, police later brought the suspect to the shop and confiscated a receipt book as well as a yellowish metal piece believed to be gold. – Bernama
