PETALING JAYA: Police have arrested a man for allegedly snatching a mobile phone from a motorist close to PJS 3 right here.
Petaling Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Mohamad Fakhruddin Abdul Hamid mentioned they had been alerted in regards to the case following a report lodged by the 36-year-old sufferer on Tuesday (May 31).
“The sufferer claimed he was driving close to the PJS 3 space at round 7.10pm together with his home windows down when a man approached his automobile on a bike.
“The suspect reached in and snatched the sufferer’s mobile phone earlier than fleeing the scene,” he mentioned in an announcement on Thursday (June 2).
He mentioned the sufferer tried to chase down the suspect however failed.
“Based on data acquired, we performed a raid on the PJCC Trade Centre space at round 10am on Wednesday (June 1) and arrested a 28-year-old suspect.
“We checked the suspect and located a mobile phone believed to be the one which was stolen,” he mentioned, including police additionally seized a bike and garments believed to have been worn in the course of the incident.
ACP Mohamad Fakhruddin mentioned additional checks revealed the suspect had 18 prior information for theft, theft, snatch theft, automobile theft and inflicting damage throughout a theft.
“He additionally had three information for drug abuse.
“We have remanded the suspect for six days to assist with additional investigations,” he mentioned.
