PORT DICKSON: A 22-year-old woman has admitted to stealing a gold bangle worth some RM15,000 from a jewellery store here to help pay off her boyfriend’s car instalments.
She was sentenced to a day in jail by the Magistrate’s Court here and ordered to pay a RM7,000 fine.
District police chief Supt Aidi Sham Mohamed said the woman and her 20-year-old boyfriend went to the shop around noon on Dec 7 on the pretext of buying jewellery.
“While looking at a gold bangle, they both suddenly got up, ran out of the outlet and escaped in a car.
“The incident happened so quickly that the employees were not able to get the car registration number,” he said in a statement.
Supt Aidi said in a follow-up operation, police detained the woman at an apartment in Rawang, Selangor on Dec 16.
They also managed to recover the stolen gold bangle which had been pawned at a store in Seremban.
The woman was subsequently remanded for four days and charged under Section 380 of the Penal Code.
He said to assist in ongoing investigations, police were now looking for one Muhammad Haikal Izhar whose last known address was in Taman Nusari Bayu, in Bandar Sri Sendayan.
Those with information can contact Sjn Mohd Hazizi Abad at 019-347 1916 or 06-647 2344.