Three men nabbed in Bintulu over lorry theft, house break-ins

BINTULU: Police detained three men for suspected involvement in a lorry theft case in Samalaju area last Tuesday and several house break-in cases in the district.
Bintulu district police chief Supt Zulkipli Suhaili said the suspects, aged between 20 and 31, were picked up in a plantation area at Bintulu-Miri coastal road at 12.30am today.
The trio were trying to start the lorry's engine prior to the arrest but policemen managed to stop them, he said in a statement here.
Zulkifli said police also seized television sets, laptop computers, branded shoes and tablets believed to have been stolen during the house break-ins in the Sebauh district.
"The suspects are being detained at the Bintulu Central police station lock-up to facilitate investigation under Section 379A of the Penal Code," he added. — Bernama