JOHOR BARU: Police are hunting five men caught on video stealing cables in Taman Melodies here, after the footage went viral on social media.

Johor Baru (South) police chief Assistant Commissioner Azrul Hisham Mohd Shaffei said the video showed the men cutting cables and loading them into a car.

He said an internal police report was lodged at 4.16pm yesterday after a senior police officer came across a social media post uploaded at 2.20pm the same day.

"Police identified the vehicle owner through its registration number, and efforts to identify and track down all five suspects are ongoing," he said in a statement.