KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — A four-wheel-drive vehicle carrying two men suspected of cable theft crashed into a house in Baling, Kedah, early today while fleeing police during a cross-state chase that began in Perak.

Gerik district police chief Superintendent Abdul Samad Othman said police received a tip-off from the public at about 9.25pm yesterday about suspected cable theft activity in Kampung Star Kecil, Kerunai.