IPOH:Five members of the ‘Farid Gang’, including a woman, were remanded under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (POCA) on suspicion of being involved in motorcycle theft cases around Ipoh in the past six months.<br /> <br /> Ipoh district police chief, ACP A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said all the suspects, aged between 25 and 30 and unemployed, were detained separately on Oct 6 following a report lodged by a shopping mall employee whose Honda EX5 motorcycle was stolen last month.<br /> <br /> He said the suspects, who were initially arrested under Section 397A of the Penal Code,  were re-arrested and remanded under POCA for 21 days beginning yesterday.<br /> <br /> "Police began investigating the report on the missing motorcycle which was parked in the car park at about 11 pm on Sept 22.<br /> <br /> "Upon investigation, police managed to trace and seized three motorcycle skeleton that were disposed off in a mine in Pasir Puteh after key components were removed by the gang,” he said in a press conference here today.<br /> <br /> A.Asmadi said that with the arrests, police believe they have solved 19 motorcycle theft cases around Ipoh, adding that they were now on the hunt for the remaining gang members.<br /> <br /> -- BERNAMA<gdiv id="ginger-floatingG-container" style="position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px;"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG ginger-floatingG-closed" style="display: none;"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-disabled-main"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Enable Ginger</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-offline-main"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip"><em>Cannot connect to Ginger</em> Check your internet connection<br /> or reload the browser</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-enabled-main"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-disable"><ga></ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Disable in this text field</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool"><ga class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-edit">Edit</ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Edit in Ginger</gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-mistakes"><ga></ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-bar-tool-tooltip">Edit in Ginger</gdiv></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup"><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup-wrap"><ga class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup-close">×</ga><gdiv class="ginger-floatingG-contentPopup-frame"><iframe scrolling="no"></iframe></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv></gdiv>