Car/Lorry Battery Theft Alert

[mj3005]

My car battery got stolen last week , my neighbour a few weeks before! The modus operandi is to hook the cable under the hood and the hood pop-up. those scumbag will cut the battery cable and got away. This happened in Taman Seri Gombak area.

 

[papagoines]

got 3 incident here in taman dagang, ampang... but they seems to take their time to unscrew the cable rather than cutting it though

 

[D7zul]

how much money can they make with a car battery?

mayb they take the plates inside, put it in a new batery & sell it as new..

 

[sim]

Tis happen to my bro's car yesterday (18/6/2012) morning.. they cut the battery cable and got away.

mj3005, u stay in sri gombak? which road?

 

[papagoines]

I've heard that for recycling, they can sell one wira sized normal battery (non MF type) as high as rm30

for MF-type normally cheaper

how much money can they make with a car battery?

mayb they take the plates inside, put it in a new batery & sell it as new..

 

[mazai]

Damn thieves! Sorry for your losses..
Even a battery nowadays can be stolen. I wonder what's next.