Three teenagers arrested for acting as loan shark enforcers
Three 19-year-old suspects, including two college students, were detained in separate raids around Penang on Oct 22.
IPOH - Police have arrested three teenage boys suspected of working as loan shark enforcers by committing mischief and splashing paint in several incidents around Taiping.
Perak police chief Datuk Mohd Alwi Zainal Abidin said the three 19-year-old suspects, including two college students, were detained in separate raids around Penang on Oct 22.
"Interrogations revealed that the three suspects, who have been active since September, admitted to being involved in acts of mischief at several locations, receiving payment of between RM500 and RM1,000 for each job performed.
"With the arrest of these three suspects, police have solved nine mischief cases across several states, including Perak, Kedah, Penang, and Johor," he told a press conference at the Perak Contingent Police Headquarters here today.
He said police also seized three vehicles, namely a Proton X70, a Honda City and a Nissan Teana, as well as three mobile phones.
Mohd Alwi said background checks showed that none of the suspects had prior criminal records, and the case is being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code for mischief and Section 435 of the same Code for mischief by fire or explosive substance.
In a separate development, Mohd Alwi said police detained 30 individuals, including Japanese and Chinese nationals, around the state capital between Oct 23 and Oct 26 for suspected involvement in two online fraud syndicates.
He said all the suspects, aged between 21 and 41, have been remanded to assist in investigations under Section 420 of the Penal Code and Section 120B of the same Code. - BERNAMA
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