SIBU: A man was arrested yesterday morning for stealing two batteries of a lorry parked at the shoulder of Sukan Road.
The arrest came at 10am when a police team on beat duty found the 29-year-old man acting suspiciously.
The police noticed he was stealing the lorry’s batteries then.
They immediately arrested him.
Seized from him were tools used in the theft and the two batteries.
Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit confirmed the arrest and the seizure.
He said further investigation confirmed the man had several criminal records.
He said the man from Poh Yew Road also had records of drug abuse.
The police are expected to remand him to facilitate their investigation.