19 Apr 2021 / 18:47 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
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BATAS: Police detained seven men, all of whom are former convicts, on suspicion of being involved in a series of house and construction site break-ins, in two separate raids in Butterworth and Mak Mandin last Thursday.
Seberang Perai Utara district police chief ACP Noorzainy Mohd Noor said, acting on information and surveillance since last week, police initially detained five men at a house in Kampung Perlis, Butterworth, about 10 am before raiding another house in Kampung Baru, Mak Mandin, where they nabbed another two.
“The gang’s modus operandi was to break into houses and construction sites between late night and early morning before stealing valuable items such as machines and expensive construction materials which are in high demand,” he said at a press conference here today.