Married Couple Detained For Theft At Surau

Married Couple Detained For Theft At Surau

SHAH ALAM, June 6 (Bernama) -- A man and his wife, believed to have frequented houses of worships to steal, were detained at their rented house in Kampung Bukit Badong, Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor near here yesterday.

Selangor Criminal Investigation Department head SAC Adnan Abdullah said the couple were arrested at 2.30pm following a report by a 23-year-old student who lost her bag at a surau of a shopping complex at Bandar Bukit Raja, Klang, last May 11.

"The student had left the bag on a prayer mat to perform the ablution and then found it missing," he told a media conference here today.

The bag contained RM200, personal documents, handphone and her car key.

He said the man, aged 28, and his 26-year-old wife had a four-year-old adopted daughter.

Police searched the house and found several items, including handphones, handbags and Touch n Go cards, believed to have been stolen, he added.

He said police also believed that the couple had sold some of the stolen items, and also destroyed, by burning, items like credit cards, at two locations in the vicinity of their house.

Following their arrest, police believed they had been able to resolve 15 cases of theft reported in Selangor, especially in surau at bus and taxi terminals and shopping complexes.

Adnan said police had obtained an order to remand the couple June 9 for investigation.

He urged those who had become victims of theft at surau in Selangor to contact investigating officer Inspector Zulkifli Mohd at 013-3546379.

In another development, Adnan said police were looking for a Pakistani lorry driver, identified as Waqas Ul Hussan @ Vicky, in his 30s, whose last known address was at Desa Lembah Permai in Ampang, to assist investigation into the murder of an American citizen at Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur last May 4.

Those with information on him are urged to contact ASP A.Wiswannadan at 012-3198918 or 03-42897222 ext 7312, he added.

He said police had detained seven Pakistani men, aged between 24 and 58, to facilitate investigation into the case.

The body of the American man, David James Ginter, 62, was found, with the legs and hands tied and neck strangled with the wire of a telephone charger by a neighbour in the house.

-- BERNAMA