April 18, 2013 MYT 1:09:21 AM
PONTIAN: A gang of burglars forced open two automated teller machines (ATM) at the Lembaga Tabung Haji building here and escaped with more than RM456,000 on Monday.
The four-man gang had also used duct tape to cover the lens of the closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera before carrying out the theft about 4am.
Pontian police chief Superintendent Zahaliman Jamin said the gang was believed to have used metal cutters, based on metal filings found at the scene of the crime.
The gang had earlier, used a lorry to block the CCTV from capturing their image when they first arrived at the scene, he told reporters at the Pontian police headquarters here.
About two hours earlier, the same gang was believed to have failed in an attempt to force open another ATM at the Benut Post Office, about 20km away.
Zahaliman said, in that attempt, the gang had sprayed paint the CCTV lens to prevent their image from being captured. - Bernama
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