Habibi (left) showing media Raimon’s mugshot.
KOTA KINABALU: District police have initiated a manhunt for the leader of ‘Geng Ramos’, a housebreaking gang which has been active since early this year.
City Police Chief ACP Habibi Majinji said the suspect is identified as Raimon Mawang, a 27-year-old local.
“The suspect who is also known as Ramos’ last known address is Kampung Pulutan Menggatal and we urge those who may have information of his whereabouts to contact the nearest police station,” he told reporters today.
Habibi also disclosed that police have smashed ‘Geng Ramos’ with the arrest of five of its members on August 24.
The suspects aged between 23 and 30-years-old were picked up from several locations including a fuel station in Inanam in a dragnet that started at 12 midnight to 6am, he added.
“We believe that these five suspects can help police solve 10 housebreaking cases that they were involved in,” he said adding that some of the suspects were former convicts while three tested positive for drugs,” he said.
The remand for all five will end on August 28 but police will apply for an extension pending further investigations, said Habibi.
According to him the gang’s modus operandi was to target houses which are left unattended for a long time.
Members of the gang would monitor the houses before making their move, he said.