16th May, 2009 - $41K crime spree

MIRI : More than a hundred thousand ringgit - that is how much a snatch thief managed to amass from his thieving spree on the streets of Miri city.

However, his life of crime came to an end yesterday when two civil servants saw him snatching a handbag containing RM37,000 from an elderly woman who had just walked out of a bank.

They chased after him on their motorcycles for about a kilometre before kicking him and causing him to fall off his bike.

Investigations carried out by Miri police found that the snatch thief had managed to make a lucrative living by targeting women, especially those who had just withdrawn money from banks.

The snatch thief is a foreigner who had managed to enter Sarawak frequently over the past four years.

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Though not really recommended, but sometimes going head to head against criminals IS a good thing.

This story is reminiscent of this one late last year.

P.S. I don't know why there is a variation in the amount figures on the title and in the content but that's how the article was written.