Cops apprehend ‘drain cover thief of Inanam’
Published on: Monday, July 22, 2019
By: Sherell Jeffrey
KOTA KINABALU: Some 30 iron drain and manhole covers, believed stolen, were recovered from a man by a police patrol unit in Inanam.
The items were found in the rear seat of a car which was parked behind a supermarket, about 4am, last Thursday (July 18).
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Police also recovered copper circuit breakers, an iron cutter and an iron saw.
The car driver, a 22-year-old local from Telipok, was apprehended, said City Police Chief ACP Habibi Majinji on Sunday.
The man’s accomplice, however, managed to flee.
Police are now looking for the accomplice identified as Amon, a local in his 20s, from Telipok.
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The case is being investigated for theft, which carries up to seven years’ jail or fine, or both, on conviction.
Habibi said a complaint was lodged by a resident in Inanam after finding the iron manhole cover in front of his house missing, about 9.30am, on July 18.
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