Kedah police have busted a syndicate involved in stealing cables from Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) and Telekom Malaysia (TM), after detaining 15 suspects including a Chinese national recently.

State police chief Fisol Salleh said with the arrest of the suspects, who are all men, police believe eight cases related to cable theft involving three different syndicates from Kubang Pasu, Alor Setar and Baling, have been solved.