KUALA KRAI: A man was arrested for posing as a policeman and stealing RM600 belonging to a security guard here yesterday.
District police chief Superintendent Mazlan Mamat said the 30-year-old suspect was detained after police received a report on the incident in Jalan Ah Sang.
"In the report, the 75-year-old security guard claimed that he was at his workplace at Jalan Ah Sang when the incident happened about 2am yesterday.
"The suspect came to the place claiming that he was a policeman and told the victim that he needed to check the victim for involvement in drug activities.
"During checks, the suspect demanded the victim to hand over his sling bag and later took the RM600 from the bag.
"The suspect then directed the victim to take his motorcycle and follow him to the polistation. When the victim went to his bike, the suspect fled from the place," he said in a statement.
The victim lodged a report and police managed to arrest the suspect about 1pm yesterday.
Mazlan said the suspect has been remanded for four days to assist police's investigation into the case.
The case is investigated under sections 379 and 170 of the Penal Code for theft and impersonating a public servant, respectively.
