Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 22 Apr 2021, 12:19 am Print
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Serdang: Malaysian Police have arrested two Chinese nationals and seized 297 bitcoin mining machines and none blowers worth about RM100,00 after raiding several premises believed to be stealing electricity.
Serdang Deputy OCPD Supt Mohd Rosdi Daud told The Star a team from the Serdang CID together with Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) personnel raided three premises at Atmosphere 5, Pusat Perdagangan Bandar Putra Permai around 3pm on April 8.
"We arrested two Chinese nationals, a man and a woman, aged 32 and 38," he was quoted as saying by the newspaper.
"When we checked the premises, we found evidence of tampering with the electricity supply," he told reporters at Serdang police headquarters on Monday (April 19).
"The two foreigners have been remanded until April 28 to help with investigations," he said, adding that the premises had been operating for at least one month.
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