ISKANDAR PUTERI: Police have arrested three teenagers for allegedly splashing red paint on the main gate of a house in Taman Nusa Indah, near here.
Iskandar Puteri OCPD Asst Comm Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the victim, a 42-year-old unemployed woman, was at the house when the three male suspects aged between 17 and 18 approached her at about 10pm on Tuesday (March 2).
“The suspects then splashed red paint on the house compound and some landed on the victim’s Proton Exora. Before leaving the place, the suspects left a note Today Paint Tomorrow Fire! he added.
ACP Dzulkhairi said the suspects were detained by the security guards of the gated housing estate.
3 teenagers held for allegedly splashing red paint on house 03 Mar 2021 / 17:33 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
JOHOR BAHRU: Three teenagers have been arrested for allegedly splashing red paint on a woman’s house in Jalan Ceria 24, Taman Nusa Indah, here, last night.
Iskandar Puteri District Police chief ACP Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the trio - a cook, a barber and an unemployed who are aged between 17 and 18, were detained at the security post of the housing estate at 10.15pm.
“According to the 42-year-old unemployed woman, she was approached by the three suspects at her front gate at about 10.05pm.
“They then threw red paint on the house compound and some of it splashed onto her Proton Exora car, causing damage estimated at RM500,” he said in a statement today, adding that they also left a threatening note.