Article: Suspect swallows gold chain

DANG WANGI: There was drama at the main block of the Kuala Lumpur

Hospital at noon yesterday when a snatch thief, his right hand in a

plaster cast, snatched a woman's RM2,000 necklace and made a dash for it.

A security guard chased the thief and caught him near a taxi stand but

the necklace was missing - he is believed to have swallowed it.

The suspect, believed to be a dadah addict, was handed over to police

and is warded at the hospital where he is expected to undergo a series of

X-rays today.

The drama unfolded on the first floor when Sarapthy V.Kantasamy, 53,

was walking out of the X-ray department.

The ...

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