Police find three antiques stolen from Minister’s house

KUCHING: Police have recovered three antiques belonging to Minister in the Prime Ministers Department Datuk Effendi Norwawi which were stolen from his house last month.
Sarawak Deputy Commissioner of Police SAC I Datuk Kuik Harris said the antiques which included a sword and a keris, were found in a house in Kota Samarahan near here on Tuesday.
Several other items believed to be stolen were also found.
SAC I Kuik told a press conference at the Kuching police headquarters on Wednesday that the police were carrying surveillance on the house on Tuesday morning when a car carrying five men drove up to it.
When they realised there were policemen present, they sped away.
However, one of the men fell out of the car because the car door was open.
The man, a 30-year-old Indonesian, was arrested and when the house was searched the police found the stolen items.
Among the items seized were a computer, laptop, generator, cameras, guitar, serving tray and teapot.
Also seized were a pair of police shoes and a police raincoat, believed to be used by the gang to impersonate the police.
We are now hunting the remaining four suspects, believed to be one local and three Indonesians, SAC I Kuik said.