Syrian women, Turkish man nabbed for allegedly stealing RM20,000 in jewellery
NATION
Saturday, 07 Sep 20194:23 PM MYT
By Andy Chua
SIBU: Two women from Syria and a man from Turkey, who were alleged to have been involved in the theft of RM20,000 worth of jewellery from a goldsmith in Miri, have been arrested here.
The owner of the goldsmith at Emart Commercial Centre had lodged a police report saying that at about 2.30pm on Thursday (Sept 5), two gold necklaces weighing a total of 90.14g were stolen by the two Syrian women who had come to the shop on the pretext of buying jewellery.
A screen grab from the shop CCTV showed that the women fled in a rented car driven by the Turkish man.
Sibu OCPD Asst Comm Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said the trio were arrested at different places on Friday (Sept 6) in Sibu.
"The man, 35, was picked up at 8.35pm at Jalan Diong Kik while the two women, aged 30 and 49, were arrested at 8.45pm in the lobby of a hotel in Jalan Pahlawan," he said.
The police also seized a Nissan Almera, and a mobile phone from the man.
From the women, the police seized 12 gold necklaces, two pawnshop receipts and five passports.
Stanley said the two women, who spoke English, had gone to the goldsmith on the pretext of buying jewellery.
"While a female assistant was entertaining one of the women, the other one slipped the gold necklace into her shirt pocket," he added.
He said CCTV recordings showed the duo left the shop in a silver Proton Preve with the registration number clearly visible.
"Before they fled to Sibu, they had stayed overnight in a hotel in Miri. They had rented the car from a local man," he said.
ACP Stanley said the three suspects would be sent to Miri for investigation under Section 380 of the Penal Code as the theft happened there.
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