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KUALA LUMPUR (06/12/2016): A man allegedly made a rather daring robbery attempt on Sunday when he broke into a shop premise selling Closed-circuit Televisions (CCTVs).
The 37-year-old allegedly broke into the shop at Taman Jinjang Baru at 4pm, when no one was on the premise.
But the premise owner, who was conducting business elsewhere, was alerted to the man’s presence when he checked the live feed of his office’s CCTVs on his smartphone.
Sentul police chief Assistant Commissioner R Munusamy said the owner then lodged a police report.
Based on the CCTV recording, which caught the image and actions of the man, police conducted a manhunt on the same day and arrested him at Jinjang Selatan.
Munusamy said police seized a Sig Sauer gun and a magazine containing 10 9mm bullets, as well as a machete and saw, from the alleged burglar’s container cabin.
A background check revealed that the man has a record of 18 criminal offences, including burglary and robbery, committed in the city this year. Police are investigating where the man obtained his gun.
Retrieved from New Straits Time Online