SHAH ALAM: A car theft gang with a penchant for luxury cars have been detained following a break-in in Kepong.
Police arrested seven suspects, including two women.
The suspects allegedly drove off with an Audi R8 supercar, a Porsche Cayman and a Suzuki Swift.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said they received a report from a 42-year-old man.
The man claimed that his employer had told him to lodge a police report that the house he was renting in Taman Ehsan, Kepong had been broken into.
"He told us that his employer was in China at the time of the incident.
"The man went to check on the house and found that it had been ransacked and three vehicles were missing," he told reporters today.
He said investigations revealed the suspects had stolen an Audi R8, Porsche Cayman and Suzuki Swift worth at least RM700,000.
"Gombak police conducted an operation to track the suspects involved and arrested five men and two women between June 25 and June 30.
"The suspects aged between 31 and 54 were arrested in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Baru and Perak," he said.
He added that one of the suspects had 16 previous convictions for house break-ins and car thefts.
Hussein said that the suspect is believed to be the one who planned the break-ins.
"Our checks revealed the other suspects also had multiple prior records for crime and drug offences.
"The suspects have been remanded to help with further investigations," he said, adding that police recovered the Audi R8, Porsche Cayman, Suzuki Swift and another vehicle, which the gang used to commit break-ins.
Hussein said the suspects would use the stolen cars to commit other crimes or sell the vehicles on the black market.
Police also seized various tools used by the suspects to break into houses including, bolt-cutters, machetes, masks and gloves.