SUBANG JAYA: Five persons, including two women have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies here.
Subang Jaya district police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Azlan Wan Mamat said the most recent case occurred at around Thursday (July 4).
"The complainant, a human resource manager, claimed she left home to go to work together with her family at around 8.35am.
"She returned home at around 12.30pm and found that the front gate had been damaged and the grill was pried opened. The entire house was ransacked," he said in a statement on Monday.
He said the complainant claimed that she and her family lost RM40,000 worth of cash and other valuables in the incident.
"Two days later, a police team from Subang Jaya CID D4 (Operations, Intelligences, Records) division arrested three men and two women aged between 22 and 32 around Klang Valley.
"All five suspects have prior records and police also seized some items which were believed to have been stolen including watches and women handbags," he said adding that based on interrogations, the suspects have been linked to at least 15 house break-in cases in Subang Jaya this year.
He said the suspects have been remanded for four days to help with further investigations.
"Our investigations revealed that the two women arrested are married to two of the male suspects.
"The case has been classified under Section 457 of the Penal Code for house break-ins.
"We urge the community to be more alert of their surroundings and contact the police if they have any information on criminal activities," he said.
Those with information should contact the Subang Jaya police operations centre at 03-7862 7100.
Identities of informants will be kept strictly confidential.