IPOH, Nov. 11 -- A total of 48 units of cryptocurrency (bitcoin) mining machines were seized by the police in an operation yesterday at a residential premises in the Seri Iskandar area, which is believed to be the location for the mining activities with illegal electrical wire connections.

Perak Tengah district police chief Supt Hafezul Helmi Hamzah said the raid was conducted by the Criminal Investigation Division of the Perak Tengah district police headquarters (IPD) in collaboration with the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) engineering team.

"In addition, two units of fast ethernet switches, one Internet router unit, and one cut electrical cable roll were also seized.

"The case is being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code a...