LABUAN: Two local teenage boys, aged 16 and 18, have been arrested for allegedly raping a 16-year-old girl in a public toilet at Tanjung Aru near here.
District police chief Superintendent Adzhar Othman said yesterday that the boys were nabbed on February 7.
“They have been remanded for five days and the case is being investigated under Section 376 of Penal Code for rape,” he said.
Meanwhile, in another case, a 22-year-old local man was detained on February 9 on suspicion of being involved in stealing a motorcycle on November 21 last year.
The motorcycle was allegedly stolen in front of Chip Guan Mini Market here.
The man has been remanded for four days and would be investigated under Section 379 A of the Penal Code for theft of a motor vehicle.
In another development, Adzhar said that two local men, in their 30s, were arreted at the Labuan International Ferry Terminal on February 7 on suspicion of being involved in burglary at the premises of Labuan Phone Specialist here at 2.43pm.
“Based on public tip-off, we managed to detain the duo on the same day, and seized the 13 stolen smart phones from them. One of the suspects has been remanded for a week, whilst the other one is freed on police bail. The case is being investigated under Section 457 of the Penal Code,” he said.