KLUANG, Aug. 15 -- A 36-year-old unemployed man was arrested by police for allegedly stealing 70 kilogrammes of bananas from a plantation in Kampung Sungai Besoi, Layang Layang, last night.

Kluang police chief Assistant Commissioner Bahrin Mohd Noh said authorities received a report of a man trespassing at the banana plantation at 11.20pm.

"A team of policemen from the Layang Layang police station were dispatched to the plantation, where the male suspect was arrested at 11.50pm.

"Police also managed to seize six bundles of bananas weighing 70kg and confiscated a Perodua Kancil car that was driven by the suspect," he said in a statement today.

Bahrin said a check on the suspect's background found no previous criminal records, but he te...