Cops nab suspected burglar after MyDistress call
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2012 – 10:28
by Aizat Sharif
Location:
SERDANG
AN alert resident who uses the MyDistress application helped police nab a suspected burglar on Saturday.
The suspect, in his 30s, was arrested while hiding in a manhole at Section 8, Taman Serdang Raya.
Serdang police chief ACP Abdul Razak Elias said that in the 2pm incident, two policemen — Constable Chandra Junus and Constable Fairuz Yusuf of the Seri Kembangan police station — spotted two men on a motorcycle behaving suspiciously in the Section 7 housing area.
“When they approached, the suspects abandoned the motorcycle and fled in different directions and the policemen lost their trail 1km away,” said Abdul Razak.
SEIZED: Constables Fairuz (centre) and Chandra with the break-in tools, a parang and a grill cutter taken from a suspected burglar nabbed in Serdang Raya. They are accompanied by Abdul Razak
The break came when police received a MyDistress alert about a man hiding in a manhole in Section 8, responded to it immediately and apprehended the suspect after a scuffle,” he said.
Abdul Razak said that although the accomplice escaped, police seized an iron rod, a grill cutter, a necklace and a parang.
Checks showed the suspect was a drug addict with a criminal record for robbery in 2007.
Abdul Razak said the duo, from Kepong, were believed to be involved in at least four burglaries in Taman Serdang Raya.
(source: http://www.mmail.com.my/story/cops-nab-suspected-burglar-after-mydistress-call-30483)