KUANTAN: Four policemen have been arrested and remanded for three days until Sunday (Dec 10) in connection with a burglary in Taman Alam Perdana here.
Kuantan police chief Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh said the suspects — three lance corporals and a corporal, aged between 25 and 36 — are believed to have stolen several cartons of cigarettes.
He said the 30-year-old house owner had gone to Terengganu on Nov 1, only to find out that his house had been broken into when he returned on Nov 9.
"We received a police report on Nov 10 over the break-in, but our investigations did not reveal any leads," said Abdul Aziz.
He said that the police received a lead in the form of a video clip on Thursday (Dec 7).
"We found clues that helped our investigations and we managed to identify and arrest the four policemen who are with the Kuantan district police station. We caught them an hour later," he said.
Kuantan police chief Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Salleh said the suspects — three lance corporals and a corporal, aged between 25 and 36 — are believed to have stolen several cartons of cigarettes.
He said the 30-year-old house owner had gone to Terengganu on Nov 1, only to find out that his house had been broken into when he returned on Nov 9.
"We received a police report on Nov 10 over the break-in, but our investigations did not reveal any leads," said Abdul Aziz.
"We found clues that helped our investigations and we managed to identify and arrest the four policemen who are with the Kuantan district police station. We caught them an hour later," he said.
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