A clothing store in Johor Bahru (JB) recently fell victim to theft after two young women posing as customers allegedly stole several clothes in broad daylight.
It later emerged that this wasn’t the duo’s first rodeo, where they reportedly committed the same act at two other clothing stores.
Caught in the act
According to China Press, CCTV footage showed the two woman entering the store named ‘Megumi’s Room’ in Eco Botanic, Iskandar Puteri at 1.40pm on Friday (Sept 19).
In the footage, one of the women pretended to try on some clothes in front of the mirror before taking a pair of shorts and a top into the fitting room.
However, when she came out, she only had the top in hand.
Another video showed the duo pretending to try on clothes in front of a mirror before heading into the fitting room and stuffed the clothes into their bags.
One of them even brought another outfit to the counter and pretended to make payment using a credit card, unaware that her act was being captured on CCTV.
Duo reportedly were S’poreans
Speaking to the Chinese daily, the store owner said a police report was lodged in Malaysia and another one will be made in Singapore.
She added the women, who were aged around 25 to 28 years old, stole seven items of clothing worth RM700 from the shop.
When asked what led her to believe the women were Singaporeans, the store owner said they had a Singaporean accent, linked their credit card to a Singaporean number, and were found to be carrying Singaporean passports following a police investigation.
The store owner also alleged that the women had stolen clothes from two other local boutiques in JB, with one of them being targeted twice.
“After I shared a “wanted” notice about the two women on social media, I was contacted by shop owners who had experienced similar situations.
“One claimed that upon catching the duo in the act, the women argued that the clothes had fallen into their bag by accident and returned the items, thus putting the issue to rest.
“However, no one ever expected them to carry out the thefts again.”
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