KULAI: Police arrested three men, including a teenager, suspected of attempted cable theft in Taman Pancasila in Saleng, here, yesterday.

District police chief Superintendent Tan Seng Lee said the suspects, aged between 17 and 33, were arrested in two simultaneous raids in Johor Baru at 4.30pm.

Police also seized a car, two mobile phones, RM8,800 and short aluminium rods bundled in a piece of cloth.

He said the teenager had no previous criminal record but the other two had prior drug- and theft-related records.