POLICE arrested four ethnic Rohingyas, including a teenage girl, in connection with several house break-in cases around this district as well as in Batu Pahat and Kulai, during several raids carried out on Thursday. 

Johor police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the four – two men, a teenage girl and a woman, aged 14 to 27 – were arrested in raids carried out from 12pm. 

”The group is suspected to have started its criminal activities in the middle of this year, and its modus operandi is to break into houses when occupants were away during the day (working hours). 

“Their targets were jewellery and cash,” he said, adding that police also seized a Proton Persona car, 10 pawn shop receipts, and 16 sets of jewellery. 

He said police are tracking down another Rohingya woman, still at large, known as Norjahan Ismail, who is believed to be the mastermind behind the burglaries. 

Kamarul said with the arrests of the four, police believed that six break-ins involving losses of RM50,000 have been resolved. – Bernama, November 26, 2022.