Five remanded after fake gold bracelet pawned in Johor
KOTA TINGGI: Five suspects, including a foreign woman, have been remanded for three days after a bracelet pawned at a pawnshop in Sungai Rengit was found to be fake.
KOTA TINGGI: Five individuals, comprising a foreign woman, have been temporarily detained for three days following the discovery that a gold bracelet sold at a pawnshop in Sungai Rengit was counterfeit. Superintendent Yusof Othman, the district police chief, revealed that the arrested suspects - consisting of three men and the woman, aged between 34 and 62 - were apprehended in the area between 1pm and 3pm yesterday.
The suspects were presented before the Pengerang magistrate's court and temporarily detained from September 30 to October 2, in order to facilitate further investigations under Section 420 of the Penal Code, which pertains to cheating. The incident came to light after the pawnshop manager reported the police about the bracelet, weighing 23 grams, not being made of gold.
Although the exact amount paid for the bracelet was not disclosed, a genuine 23-gram 916 gold bracelet could potentially be worth approximately RM12,000. One of the suspects has a prior criminal record related to selling counterfeit gold in Alor Star, while two others have a history of narcotics offenses. Yusof expressed the belief that these arrests could contribute to the resolution of several other cases involving the pawning or sale of counterfeit gold in the district.
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