Cops bust 13 members of criminal gang

Thursday February 13, 2014 MYT 7:11:51 PM

PETALING JAYA: Police crippled a robbery gang following the arrests of 13 suspects, including four foreigners, on Wednesday afternoon and Thurday  morning.

The suspects were nabbed in various locations in Puchong, Petaling Jaya and Kajang.

The first arrests were made on Wednesday at 12.45pm after police stumbled upon three of the gang members near Jalan Tenpu, Puchong, while patrolling the area.

The patrol team tried to stop their vehicle but the suspects, in a grey Honda City, attempted to escape and a high speed chase ensued.

The suspects were then cornered with the help of four Mobile Patrol Vehicles on duty near the Sunway Toll Plaza.

The suspects – a local, a Bangladeshi man and a Thai woman - were detained on the spot and tools believed to be used in a series of robbery cases were also found in the car.

The arrests led police to six other gang members - four local men and two women from Vietnam and Thailand - who were nabbed on the same day in PJ.

Cops also retrieved stolen items including watches, cameras, iPads, laptops and cars in five different locations in the area.

On Thursday  morning, four men linked to the gang were detained in Jalan Berjaya 1, Taman Berjaya, Sungai Chua, Kajang, following a tip off and surveillance.

Kajang OCPD Astt Comm Ab Rashid Ab Wahab said upon inspecting the lorry one of the suspects was driving, police found a concrete mixer that was reported missing in Cheras.

“A wrench, a screwdriver and ice breaking tools were among the items found in the lorry.

“The suspects are being remanded as we speak and the case is being investigated under Section 467 and 379A of the Penal Code for cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property, and vehicle theft.

“We are ascertaining the number of cases the group is involved with,” he said

Two locals, Bangladeshi charged with RM3.3mil heist

Thursday February 20, 2014 MYT 5:39:42 PM
KLANG: Three men, including a Bangladeshi, were charged in a Sessions Court with robbing a security van carrying RM3.36mil in Kuala Selangor late last month.

Lorry attendant S. Segar, 41, welder P. Balasegaran, 36, and Bangladeshi labour agent Sumon Miah, 41, pleaded not guilty when the charge was read out to them.

They were jointly charged, together with several others still at large, for committing robbery while armed with a firearm, on a van bearing registration number WTU 4207.

The trio allegedly committed the offence in front of the Petronas station retail outlet in Ijok, Bestari Jaya, Kuala Selangor about 9.50am on Jan 28.

At the time, the van, belonging to Armour Security Systems (M) Sdn Bhd, was carrying RM3.36mil. The firearm was earlier seized from security guard Mohd Soffee Zakaria, 35.

They were charged under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code which carries a maximum sentence of 20 years jail and whipping, upon conviction.

Deputy Public Prosecutor Shahrul Ekhsan Hasim appeared for the prosecution, while the accused were represented by Gerard Lazarus.

Sessions Court judge Tasnim Abu Bakar disallowed bail and fixed re-mention of the case on March 20.

According to media reports, five men escaped with nine bags of money taken from a security van, after torching the vehicle at an oil palm plantation in Ijok.

The robbers earlier stole the van which had stopped at the Petronas petrol station in Ijok after seizing a shotgun belonging to one of the security guards.

The van had earlier, stopped at the petrol station to reload the money in automated teller machines. - Bernama