PENAMPANG: A 39-year-old local man was arrested early Friday on suspicion of sabotaging Telekom Malaysia (TM) cables here following intelligence-led surveillance, district police chief Supt Sammy Newton said in a statement.
He said a special task force tracking cable theft detected a group cutting telecommunication cables along Jalan Taman Bulan before they fled the scene in a vehicle.
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A vehicle chase ensued from Penampang towards Kota Kinabalu, with assistance from Kota Kinabalu district police patrol cars, he said.
Police later stopped one vehicle believed to have been used by the suspect, while several accomplices escaped and are still being sought.
Sammy said police seized a roll of telecommunication cable, metal cutters and a vehicle for investigation, adding that the suspect has prior drug-related records and the case is being investigated under Section 431A of the Penal Code.
