The first suspect, a 14-year-old student was detained by police at 3.15pm on May 26, after members of the public caught him trying to stealing a motorcycle in Anak Bukit.
Kota Setar police chief ACP Adzaman Mohd Jan said the arrest of the suspect led police to detain his four other accomplice who were aged between 13 and 19.
"We recovered four vandalized motorcycles, two Honda C70 and another two Honda EX5. We also found an EX5 motorcycle engine during the arrest," he told reporters here Sunday.
Adzaman said the vandalized motorcycles were found in the bushes behind the suspects' house while another was found in a canal at Anak Bukit.
In an unrelated case, Adzaman said on May 17, police had also detained a 26-year-old suspect, believed to have been involved in more than 21 robberies in and around Kota Setar.
"Goods stolen by the suspect were believed to have been sold to drug addicts and pawn shops in Alor Setar, Butterworth, Seberang Jaya (Penang) and Shah Alam, Selangor," he said.
Following his arrest, police have also detained four suspects, two men and two women, aged between 20 and 40, who have acted as middlemen or buyers of the stolen goods, he said.
"The suspect is a drug addict and has seven previous criminal records for drug related offences, motorcycle theft and house break ins," he said.
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