KUALA BERANG: The police have solved seven house-breaking cases in the Hulu Terengganu district with the arrest of a family of three suspected members of the Fahmi Gang.
They were nabbed in two separate raids in Pudu, Kuala Lumpur and Kampung Temala in Marang on Saturday and Sunday, said Hulu Terengganu district police chief Deputy Supt Mohd Adli Mat Daud.
A husband and wife were detained at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur after they had just closed a deal on a jewellery sale, he added.
“The married couple, aged 38 and 28, run a car wash and beauty salon.“The 28-year-old main suspect who was detained in Kampung Temala is the younger brother of the female suspect,” he said at the Hulu Terengganu district police headquarters, Bernama reported.
DSP Mohd Adli said following the arrest, police seized jewellery, mobile phones and cash worth a total of RM100,000.
He said checks found that the main suspect had a record for three drug-related offences and had been released from prison in January.