POLICE arrested four men and a woman on suspicion of committing armed robbery at a dental clinic in Bandar Baru Putra in Bangi on Monday.

Kajang district police chief Mohd Zaid Hassan said of the five, two were the main suspects based on closed-circuit television footage at the clinic.

The two suspects were arrested around Sungai Tangkas in Kajang at 4.58pm yesterday while three others – a woman, a Bangladeshi man and a local man – were also arrested around Kajang.

“The female suspect is the ex-wife of one of the main suspects and was in possession of jewellery, while the Bangladeshi was arrested for buying a mobile phone related to the case. 

“Another man arrested was the owner of the motorcycle the suspects were using at the time,” he said at Kajang district police headquarters today.

Zaid said all those arrested were aged between 22 and 47. Two machetes, two backpacks, two helmets and a Yamaha R15 motorcycle were also confiscated.

Seven mobile phones, a laptop, a gold chain and a ring that the suspects fled with were also seized, he added.

“The two main suspects each have 12 criminal records related to drugs and two armed robberies and one of them was just been released from jail under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 in September.

“All the suspects except the Bangladeshi man tested positive for drugs and are remanded for five days until next Monday for investigations under section 395/397 of the penal Code for gang robbery using weapons,” he added.

Earlier, CCTV footage had gone viral on social media where a suspect armed with a machete entered to rob employees and patients of the dental clinic, however, no injuries were reported. – Bernama, November 10, 2022.