KUALA LUMPUR, June 4 — Inspector-general of police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today said police are widening their dragnet in efforts to catch a group of suspected armed robbers hiding in the forests of the Lembah Kiara Recreation Park in Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI).

He said the police have deployed more personnel to comb the park’s forested area, which the suspects are believed to have used for cover since 5am yesterday.

“The group (deployed) to find them has been made bigger today,” he told reporters after an event at the police training centre here.

Khalid also clarified that the chase for the suspects started from an ambush that was carried out yesterday morning - the result of surveillance of the TTDI area after a spike in reported break-ins.

“Lately there has been a lot of break-ins at TTDI, that is why yesterday the police ambushed them in the area,” he said.

Brickfields district police chief SAC Azlee Abdullah told Malay Mail Online yesterday that the park at the suburb has since been cordoned off.

“No arrests yet. Ultra-security cordon,” Azlee said briefly when contacted.

National news agency Bernama reported Azlee as saying that the gunmen are believed to be foreigners who have been hiding at the Lembah Kiara park since five this morning.