SHAH ALAM, Oct 17 — The police are hunting for two men concerning an armed robbery involving gold bars belonging to a trading company at the Puchong Industrial Park on September 13.
Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said the men, aged 28 and 35, are wanted to assist in the investigation into the robbery case involving nearly RM6 million in losses.
In the 11am incident, four masked men armed with machetes arrived in a Perodua Axia car and robbed gold bars weighing 16.9kg worth RM5.9 million.
"At that time, two individuals were at the scene before one of the suspects hit and pointed a machete at one of the victims, while the accomplice took a bag, containing the gold bars, that was placed on the back seat of the company vehicle," he said.
Hussein was speaking during a press conference on the disposal of drug case items at the Selangor police contingent headquarters today.
The police then launched efforts to track down the suspects before a team from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Serdang district police headquarters successfully arrested five men and two women, between the ages of 27 and 60, from last Tuesday (October 8) to Monday (October 14).
They also seized two cars, namely a Volkswagen Passat and Perodua Axia, robbery tools as well as jewellery including four gold pieces, and cash suspected to be the proceeds of the robbery.
He said an investigation found that the suspects had sold part of the gold bars and used the cash to buy several second-hand luxury vehicles worth hundreds of thousands of ringgit.
"Two suspects were charged on October 17 in the Petaling Jaya Sessions Court, whereas four suspects will be charged tomorrow (Friday) while another will be bound over as a prosecution witness," Hussein said.
Anyone who has information regarding the two individuals being sought is requested to contact the Serdang district police headquarters at 03-80742222 to assist with the investigation.
— Bernama
