POLICE nabbed three men suspected of blowing up two automated teller machines (ATMs) at a bank in Setia Alam on February 23. 

Selangor police chief Hussein Omar Khan said the three suspects, aged 30 to 43, were arrested on Tuesday at three separate locations around Kuang and Meru, and are under remand for seven days starting yesterday.

He said in the incident, the three suspects blew up the two ATMs and escaped with cash amounting to RM267,150 from one of the ATMs.

Following the arrest of the three men, police believe they have successfully solved two other cases involving ATM blasts at the same bank in Meru, in December 2020 and February 2022.

“One of the suspects, aged 43, suspected of being the mastermind, was detained at the workshop where he worked. Police also seized a gas canister believed to have been used to blow up the ATMs,” he said at a press conference in Shah Alam today.

Hussein said the two other suspects, aged 30 and 33, were arrested at their respective homes. All three suspects have criminal and drug records. – Bernama, March 2, 2023.