Police aim to solve 'snatch thief cops' mystery

Police are working to get to the bottom of a snatch theft case which was allegedly perpetrated by police personnel in the next two days.

The Star quoted Petaling Jaya district police chief Arjunaidi Mohamed as saying that they have taken statements from more than 10 witnesses and the constables alleged to be involved. 

However, Arjunaidi said that that one of the constables claimed that the motorcycle that was used in the incident did once belong to him but that he had sold the machine to someone else. 

The victim, B Saravanan, 27, who reportedly identified the two police personnel in an identification parade, however, insisted that the two cops were the snatch thieves.

"I fought them off and they threw stones directly at me, I don't think I can easily forget an incident like that," he was quoted as saying by The Star. 

Saravanan was reported to have last month rammed his car into a motorcycle carrying two snatch thieves after he saw them snatching a woman's necklace. 

Free Malaysia Today yesterday reported that Saravanan said the thieves, who tried to run away, threatened him with a knife before fleeing with Saravanan's gold chain.