With a touch of good luck, cops smash theft ring
SEPANG: A Touch ’n Go card led to the downfall of a car theft and cloned-car syndicate, believed to have been active since last year.
Police made a series of arrests after tracing the card, which was in an Audi A4 that was stolen in November.
Sepang OCPD Asst Comm Abdul Aziz Ali said the syndicate came to their attention after a motorist was robbed of his Audi on Nov 20, following a crash in Putra Perdana.
“Based on that report, we formed a task force to investigate and managed to trace the Touch ’n Go card that was in the Audi to a Perodua Viva car used by a man in Beranang, Selangor.
“We arrested him and our interrogation led to the arrest of seven others between Jan 20 and 22,” he said.
ACP Abdul Aziz said two of the suspects detained, aged 41 and 44, were believed to be the syndicate’s masterminds.
“One had in his possession an Audi TT, Honda Civic and Honda Stream, believed to be cloned cars.
“The syndicate would sell stolen and cloned cars locally,” he said.
According to ACP Abdul Aziz, the suspects were also bringing in cloned cars from Singapore and were believed to be connected to eight car thefts in Selangor.
“We are now tracking down their contact in Singapore,” he said.
Meanwhile, ACP Abdul Aziz also distributed eight Kawasaki KLX250 motorcycles to the Bandar Salak Tinggi, Dato Abu Bakar Baginda, Dengkil and Putra Perdana police stations.
“These bikes will be used in our motorcycle police patrol fleet here.
“Unlike the Ninja 250 bikes currently used, the KLX250 can be used on harsher terrain.
“They will come in handy if we need to pursue suspects in offroad conditions,” he said.