Cops arrest over 100 suspects during Ops Lejang in Johor

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Johor police chief Comm M. Kumar told a press conference on Thursday (July 25) that they had detained over 100 suspects in a month-long statewide operation to combat vehicular theft in the state.  Read more at https://shorturl.at/UpOyN  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00This is one of the motorcycles that were kidnapped.

00:05On 21st June, an operation was launched.

00:10We call it OPS Lejang.

00:12The purpose of this operation is to prevent crimes from spreading,

00:21especially property crimes involving the theft of vehicles.

00:27The focus of the operation is to identify and arrest the suspects

00:35involved in the inspection of car workshops,

00:40shops selling and buying vehicles and second-hand shops.

00:47During the operation, which lasted for a month,

00:50110 locals and 6 foreigners were arrested.

00:57There were 112 men and 4 women arrested,

01:05aged between 16 and 59 years old.

01:09All of these arrests were investigated under Section 379A,

01:15Section 411, Penal Code,

01:20Section 414, Penal Code

01:23and Section 29, Bracket 1, Penal Code.

01:28During the operation, which lasted for a month,

01:33the police seized 81 vehicles.

01:41They seized 29 motorbikes,

01:451 van,

01:474 lorries,

01:4951 motorcycles,

01:5213 motorcycles,

01:56as well as 30 vehicles and their stolen equipment.

02:05The police seized several syndicates,

02:123 syndicates that seized 8 luxury vehicles,

02:192 syndicates that seized 6 motorbikes,

02:24and 3 syndicates that seized 10 motorcycles.

02:31They used a device that could activate any vehicle's engine,

02:40and they used a device called a jammer

02:45to turn off all the GPS equipment

02:50in just 30 seconds

02:53before they drove the vehicles away.

02:56These syndicates always moved in groups of 2 or 3

03:01and used rented vehicles.

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