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Saturday September 18, 2010
Foreign students held minutes after break-in
IPOH: Police have arrested two foreigners, who claimed to be college students, after they broke into a house in Taman Panorama, Gunong Rapat, here. Acting OCPD Supt Ibrahim Abu Bakar said the arrest was made possible by a conscientious neigh_bour, who called police after hearing the alarm in the victim’s house at 10.30am on Wednes_day.
“Policemen rushed to the scene and within 15 minutes caught one of the suspects hiding in a drain while the other was caught in a farm 50m away,” he told reporters here yesterday. The duo, believed to have broken into the house though a sliding side door, must have been caught by surprise by the speedy arrival of the police, he added.
Police seized a car that the suspects had rented in Kuala Lumpur and recovered house-breaking tools, including a crowbar and a spanner, from the backpack of one of the suspects.
Caught in the act: Acting Ipoh OCPD Supt Ibrahim Abu Bakar, together with his officers, showing the crowbar which was recovered from two foreigners who claimed to be college students.
Also recovered were three watches, jewellery, a handphone and a small amount of cash. Investigations showed that the suspects, aged 30 and 34, had registered themselves to study English at a college in Kuala Lumpur. They had earlier rented the c ar and were said to have gone touring Penang before coming here. “We believe they had other plans when visiting Penang from the tools they were carrying.
We are checking with the Immigration Department to determine their country of origin,” he said. In another case, he said police were still searching for a toddy shop guard V. Kurusamy K. Vee_ramuthu, 62, from Bandar Baru Lahat. He said Kurusamy’s motorcycle, sandals, and underwear were found beside a pond in Menglem_bu on Sept 7. Supt Ibrahim said a search by Fire and Rescue Department personnel of the pond had been futile.
