IN A world where almost anything can go viral, a recent video has been making the rounds on social media.

It features a woman in a niqab entering a goldsmiths, pretending to be a customer, only to make a dramatic escape with a hefty haul.

So, did this daring daytime heist actually happen, or is it just another online sensation?

Verdict:

TRUE

A woman pretended to be interested in purchasing gold jewellery before making off with a gold necklace worth RM30,000. The incident, which took place at 12.25pm on Sept 16, was captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) at a goldsmith’s shop in Kuala Selangor.

Kuala Selangor district police chief Superintendent Azharudin Tajuddin said that a report was lodged by the shop assistant.

“The police are conducting further investigations and are still hunting for the suspect involved in this case under Section 380 of the Penal Code,” he said on Thursday (Sept 19).

A one-minute, 35-second video showing the incident has been circulating on social media.

The footage shows the woman, who is wearing a niqab, sitting in a customer’s chair and is attended to by a worker who takes out gold jewellery from the showcase.

The woman, who pretends to try on the jewellery, then flees the scene and jumps into a waiting car outside the premises.

COMP

TRUE OR NOT

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