Ara Damansara

Source: NST Nov 11

http://www.nst.com.my/latest/police-bust-juvenile-gang-behind-74-burglaries-1.4491

SHAH ALAM: The police busted a gang, made up of mostly juvenile members, believed to be behind 72 home and office break-ins in Selangor, and one each in Negeri Sembilan and Johor since August last year.

Dubbed the “Sam Gang”, it is headed by an 18-year-old boy, who is a former vocational school student, who used his skills to break into homes and office premises, said Shah Alam police chief ACP Zahedi Ayob.

He said the police got wind of the gang when a passing patrol car spotted a youth behaving suspiciously behind an office premise in Glenmarie here at 4.45am on Satutrday.

The youth, who jumped into a Monsoon drain when the police closed in, was eventually arrested with the assistance of two more patrol units, Zahedi told reporters here today.

“We found a laptop, several Chinese currency notes on the suspect, who confessed that he and five other gang members came in two Proton Saga cars and had just broken into a shipping agency office. He then brought the police to the office,” added Zahedi.

He said in a follow-up operation, the police hauled up the gang leader, his 20-year-old brother and a juvenile member in Ara Damansara near here on the same day. He said the police seized two cars, one of them was rented while another belonged to the gang leader, as well four laptops, a laptop casing containing an Amanah Saham Didik saving account book and a camera from the gang.

Zahedi said the gang was behind 25 cases of home and office break-ins in Ara Damansara, Sungai Buloh (20) Subang Jaya (10), Kota Damansara (six), Sunway (four), Shah Alam (three) Puchong (two), Port Dickson (one) and Kluang, Johor (one).

He said the four suspects were remanded until tomorrow and the police were looking for three more gang members.

Six members of the patrol units, who picked up the first suspect on Saturday, were today awarded with commendation certificates. –