KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Police have arrested a man with 17 prior criminal records for his alleged involvement in an attempted cable theft in the Sungai Lalang area near Semenyih last Friday.

Kajang Police Chief ACP Naazron Abdul Yusof said the 31-year-old suspect, who works in the private sector, was arrested in Semenyih yesterday along with a motorcycle believed to have been used in the incident.