Cake shop break-in suspect undergoes 7-day remand

MIRI: Aman,whowasarrested on suspicion of breaking into a cake shop, would remain in police custody for seven days to facilitate investigation.

The order was issued by Magistrate Zuraini Ali Musa yesterday after allowing a remand application by investigating officer Insp Saiful Azizi Kamlun from the central station here.

In his application, Saiful said a woman lodged a report at Lutong police station claiming that her workplace had been broken into.

The 27-year-old complainant, who is the production manager at the cake shop, said when she and her colleague arrived there around 6.30am on May 22, they saw that the place was in a mess.

Upon further checking, they found that several items such as a fan, a radio speaker, 23 metal trays, eight cakes, a tablet, a box of dates, a packet of Milo and two packets of biscuits were missing.

The losses were estimated at RM4,295.

Acting on information received, police arrested a man at a vacant building nearby at 8.20am. At the same time, police also seized a wallet, a speaker, five trays, a box of layered cake and three packets of dates from the man, to be used as case exhibits.

In his application, Saiful Azizi said the seven- day remand on the 39-year- old suspect from Desa Indah 2 was needed to facilitate the investigation.

The magistrate’s court allowed the suspect to remain in police custody till May 30.