KUALA LUMPUR: An explosion and smoke from a house in Lorong Cakera Purnama, Bandar Puncak Alam near here led to the discovery of an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation on Tuesday (Feb 11).
Sungai Buloh OCPD Supt Mohd Hafiz Muhammad Nor said 14 volunteer firefighters from Saujana Utama and Bestari Jaya were sent to the location of the fire after the Sungai Buloh district police headquarters received a distress call at 11.41am.
"Firefighters and police on patrol had to break into the uninhabited house, where the fire occurred in a room with modified circuitry that short-circuited.
"At at 4:45pm, after the fire had been extinguished, a team of police and Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) personnel went to the house to investigate and discovered that the electricity had been illegally connected for cryptocurrency mining,” he said in a statement on Wednesday (Feb 12).
He added that nine cryptocurrency mining rigs, nine cooling fans and a router were found.
He said an investigation paper had been opened under Section 427 of the Penal Code and Section 37(1) of the Electricity Supply Act 1990 and urged those with information about the matter to contact the nearest police station or assistant investigating officer Mohamad Nurizwan Hafiz Abd Halim at 017-2494940. – Bernama
