KUCHING: A man wanted for snatch theft has been arrested ̶ committing another crime.
The day before, he and an accomplice, who is still at large, mercilessly assaulted a woman and made away with her handphone at the rooftop car park of a shopping mall in Batu Kawa near here on Wednesday.
A CCTV clip that has since gone viral showed the two criminals assaulting the hapless victim who was sitting on the kerb.
One of them even had the cheek to have a smoke first before committing the dastardly act. They rushed into their car parked near the victim and drove off.
State CID chief SAC Dennis Leong told New Sarawak Tribune that one of the suspects from Taman Rose had been arrested the following day while committing another crime.
The suspect had gone to a bed and breakfast (B&B) establishment in Jalan Temple at around 9.30am with nefarious intentions.
He was caught hiding behind the bar, trying to steal an antique weighing scale put on display in the B&B.
Upon investigation, SAC Leong said the suspect was linked to the snatch theft case in Batu Kawa the day before.
The suspect has since given up the identity of his accomplice and police are hunting him.
Meanwhile, SAC Leong has warned the public not to habour criminals or they will face the full extent of the law.
