The suspect being investigated at Simpang Tiga.
KUCHING: A man was caught red-handed by police when he and an accomplice attempted to rob two siblings of their motorcycle at Jalan Setia Raja on Sunday night.
The siblings, a sister and her brother, were riding back to their rented house at Tabuan Jaya when the incident struck.
According to witnesses, the suspect and another person had trailed their prey on another motorbike.
Upon reaching a road in front of the Stutong wet market, they signalled to the victims to pull over by the road side.
The pillion rider got down and aggressively told the siblings to get off their bike.
Luckily, they were spotted by a team of police patrollers, who swiftly took the suspect into custody.
His accomplice, however, managed to escape.
It is learnt that the suspect, aged 25 from Simunjan, had previous offence on record.
He was brought to the Simpang Tiga station for further investigation.