5 men nabbed for suspected robberies in Penang


POLICE have arrested five men suspected of committing armed robberies in Penang recently.

Penang police chief Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said police arrested two local men, aged 26 and 30, in relation to an armed robbery at a convenience store in Jalan Betik, Bukit Mertajam in December.

He said police recovered a .38 revolver handgun, two bullet casings and three bullets from a suspect, and confiscated two Yamaha 135z motorcycles and a SYM motorcycle, a car, two mobile phones, a machete, four helmets and two sling bags during the arrests at midnight last Sunday in Bukit Mertajam.

It is believed that the police have solved six armed robberies around the Central Seberang Perai district with the arrest of the two suspects, who have been remanded for six days and are being investigated under section 3(1) and section 8 of the Arms Act 1960 as well as section 395/397 of the penal code, he said today.

In the second batch of arrests, two men, aged 24 and 25, were arrested in Kepala Batas at 6pm on December 25 for their alleged involvement in three robberies and a motorcycle theft in North Seberang Perai. Both have been remanded till January 4.

In the third arrest, Shuhaily said a man, 30, was arrested in George Town on December 30 for his involvement in snatch theft at Rafeie Road, Tanjung Bungah that left a woman with injuries to her left leg and losses amounting to RM350.

“Based on our investigation, the suspect is involved in five cases in the Timur Laut district and one motorcycle theft in the Barat Daya district,” he said, adding that the suspect was remanded for seven days under section 394 and 379A(1) of the penal code. – Bernama, January 3, 2023.


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