KAJANG: Police here are having a headache dealing with the barrage of calls from members of the public who wanted to claim the luxury watches they had seemingly lost to an Indonesian house burglary gang which had just been caught.
A deputy superintendent here said that the police station had received 41 calls from people claiming to be victims of the gang, after details of their arrest and pictures of the luxury watches were published in newspapers on Tuesday.
“Many of them were claiming they lost Rolex watches to this gang. We only have one Rolex watch in evidence!” said the officer.
Police had also received a call from a supposed victim from Penang who staked his claim over the Rolex watch, though the burglary gang had reportedly never struck there.
Among the valuables recovered from the gang were 79 luxury watches such as Cartier timepieces, jewellery and currencies of Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and Cambodia.
The Kajang police headquarters said they would arrange for the supposed victims to view and identify the estimated RM280,000 worth of watches and jewellery tomorrow.
However, they warned that these people must produce proof of purchase and ownership of the valuables before they could take them home.
Those who believe they may have been victims of the gang may call investigating officer ASP Rozaiman Hashim (019-3996513) to arrange for a viewing of the recovered items.
The viewing session will start at 2.30pm for victims to identify and reclaim their stolen goods.
“But they must show their police reports and the receipt for the items.
“Then we will send officers to those shops to confirm that they had indeed bought them.
“If we find out that they were just trying to get a free watch, we could open a case for making a false report,” said the officer.
Police arrested five men, four of whom are Indonesians, during a series of raids last week.
The men are believed to be responsible for about 50 house burglaries in Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
The authorities are also checking if the same group was responsible for breaking into the house of Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s daughter in Country Heights recently.
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