Article 2: Couple on m-cycle ram into snatch thieves

A couple on a motorcycle wasted no time when they spotted one of two youths on a motorcycle snatching a handbag from a car near the Ampang Waterfront in Jalan Ampang.

Throwing caution to the wind, Irwanshah Lajis and his wife chased and rammed into the other motorcycle, causing all four to fall off their machines. At this juncture, a police team which was in pursuit of the duo for an earlier snatch theft case near Gleneagles Hospital, caught up with them. While they managed to detain a 20-year-old suspect, the other gave them the slip in the incident about 8am.

Ampang Jaya police chief ACP Abd Jalil Hasan said that initial investigations revealed that the suspect, a drug addict, was involved in three other snatch theft cases. He said that in the second incident, the duo had smashed the front window of the passenger seat with a rock and snatched a handbag belonging to Syahrina Akhmar. Abd Jalil said the 31-year-old victim told police she was aware of being followed by the duo. "When Syahrina stopped at a traffic light near the Ampang Waterfront, the pillion rider smashed the window on the passenger side of the vehicle and snatched her handbag which was on the car seat," he said, reminding women drivers not to leave their handbags on the car seats. Meanwhile, Irwanshah, 29, whose wife was riding pillion on his motorcycle, said he saw one of the two youths smashing the car window and grabbing the victim's handbag. "We decided to give chase and ended up ramming into the youths. All four of us fell on the road, with my wife sustaining bruises on the knees," he said. -- BERNAMA

Comment: Yesterday, a couple on a motorcycle wasted no time when they was spotted one of two youths on a motorcycle snatching a handbag from a car near the Ampang Waterfront in Jalan Ampang. Ampang Jaya police chief ACP Abd Jalil Hasan said that initial investigations revealed that the suspect, a drug addict was involved in three other snatch theft cases.