JOHOR BARU, Aug 8 — Forty-seven criminals, including 26 who were on the list of several gangs were nabbed for various offences under Ops Cantas around the city centre here since last Thursday.

Those arrested included three Chinese nationals and two Indian nationals who did not possess valid travel documents.

During the Ops, police screened 419 individuals while those detained were between 16 and 47 years old.

Johor CID chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said some 26 of them were from Gang 30, 08, 36, 21 and 04.

He said in a statement, here, today that all suspects were believed to have been involved in criminal intimidation, riot, car theft and obstructing the duties of government officers.

Also seized were a set of computer, a laptop, a hand phone, three microphones and two CD players, he added. — Bernama