KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 5 -- Police are hunting three men suspected of breaking into a house and escaping with about RM70,000 in cash and valuables in Muadzam Shah, Rompin, yesterday.

The suspects fled the scene at about 5am in a Nissan Navara belonging to the 39-year-old homeowner, which had been parked inside the fenced compound of the house.

Rompin district police chief Superintendent Sharif Shai Sharif Mondoi said the vehicle was later tracked using its global positioning system (GPS), leading officers to an open area near the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) Jambu Rias project site in Karak, Bentong, at around 10am.

"When patrol officers attempted to approach the vehicle for inspection, the suspects suddenly sped off," he said in a statemen...