Today, a news broke out in the afternoon about a Latin American burglary gang responsible for a number of house break-ins around the Klang Valley with a collection of Malaysia and China commemorative coins. In the news we can see Melaka historical city silver coins, PATA silver coins and even some Malaysia endangered birds coin cards seized from the burglar house.
If any of your friends or families have lost their coins collection before, please inform them about the news. Hopefully they can get back some of their precious collection.
Shah Alam Police chief ACP Azisman Alias in his statement said Seven suspects, six men and a woman, aged between 25 to 43 years old, was arrested in two separate raids in Subang Jaya on Friday by Shah Alam Police. Police detained four suspects in the first raid on Friday at a house in Subang Avenue, Subang Jaya. Following the first raid, the suspects then led police to another house 5km away in USJ 19, Subang Jaya, where they arrested two men and a woman who are also believed to be part of the gang, where police found tools used by burglars for breaking into houses.
"Among the stolen items were flat screen televisions, watches, designer handbags, tablets, laptops, foreign currencies as well as a collection of limited edition commemorative coins," he said during a press conference at the Shah Alam police headquarters.
"The nationality of the suspects, all aged between 26 and 43 years, has yet to be confirmed for only four had passports, three of which had expired, while another has no entry stamp," he said.
He revealed that the police had been tracking the group, who was responsible for about 15 break-in cases in Shah Alam, for about two weeks.
Police also seized two cars, a Toyota Estima and a Honda City, used by the gang and discovered tools to commit burglary kept in one of the cars.
"We also found a huge cable belt which is normally used by criminals to cart ATMs away," he added.
Azisman said the suspects were now pretending not to speak or understand English and the police were working on getting a translator to obtain more information from them.
Four passports were found during the raids, he added, with three having overstayed their travel visa period.
However, one of the passports did not have any immigration department stamps and the police are investigating whether any fraudulence was involved.
The suspects were remanded until yesterday but will be detained for another 14 days under the Immigration Act to assist in the police's investigations.
The goods seized, including the two vehicles were worth about RM200,000 while the suspects have been remanded. – Bernama, NST
