JOHOR BARU: Police are hunting five men for stealing cables in a residential area in Taman Melodies here after footage of the incident went viral on social media.

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

"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.