End of the road for suspected lorry thief

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The suspect (centre) being escorted by CID personnel to Miri Central police station.

The suspect (centre) being escorted by CID personnel to Miri Central police station.

MIRI: Police on Thursday arrested a 40-year-old man on suspicion of stealing a one-tonne lorry in front of a supermarket in Batu Niah on Nov 20.

The suspect was nabbed at My Residence housing estate along Jalan Sebiew in Bintulu at about 8.35pm after policemen in a mobile police vehicle (MPV) spotted him behaving suspiciously inside the stolen vehicle.

The suspect is now detained at Miri Central police station, and the case is being investigated under Section 379A of the Penal Code.