Their operation was discovered when they were caught on a surveillance camera monitor on Tuesday.
They were believed to be involved in a theft of a British Short Hair kitten from a pet shop in Satok, Kuching.
It happened when two men and a woman, accompanied by two small children, entered the store around after noon.
At the time, there was only a female employee in the store manning the cashier's counter while the rest of the staff were out back cleaning several animal pens.
According to the unsuspecting staff at the shop, the group appears to be family members, the eldest of the group- a middle-aged man wearing a baseball cap- walked to the rear of the store while the other two adults, together with the small children, crowded around the counter in front of her querying about products sold at the place.
After several minutes, the entire family left the premises after purchasing several packets of cat food, and it was only after 30 minutes later that employees discovered that the kitten, worth over RM1, 000 (about USD250) was missing from its pen.
The store owner believed the thieves had been eyeing the kitten for some time since it was offered for sale two weeks ago.
A quick check of the security footage revealed that the baseball cap-wearing middle-aged man had calmly walked to the rear of the store and removed the kitten from its cage.
The man placed the feline underneath his jacket before walking calmly to the front and leaving the shop with his cohorts.
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