KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 — Police today shot and injured a robbery suspect and arrested him and three others, two of whom were women, in Brickfields after trailing their car from outside a bank in Cheras where the robbery had taken place.
All the four suspects are foreigners, believed to be Latin Americans, said Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Abd Jalil Hassan.
He said the police were informed at about 1pm that four foreigners had fled in a car after committing a robbery outside a bank in Cheras.
The police traced the vehicle and trailed it to Jalan Berhala in Brickfields, he said.
“The police had to open fire to stop the suspects from getting away. One of the male suspects took a shot. All the four suspects were arrested in Jalan Berhala,” he said when contacted.
Abd Jalil said the police recovered RM150,000 in cash which the suspects are believed to have robbed from a man outside the bank in Cheras.
He said the suspects used the modus operandi of puncturing a tyre of their victim’s vehicle and waiting for the victim to emerge from the bank after withdrawing money.
Abd Jalil said the gang would wait for the victim to stop his car to check the tyre before snatching the bag containing the money and fleeing.
“The gang was busted after police received a call from a member of the public that a robbery had occurred near a petrol station in Cheras here at noon today.
“Police managed to trace the suspects’ car in Jalan Berhala, Brickfields, here. About 30 minutes later, when police were blocking the route, the suspects crashed into a police vehicle and tried to hit a policeman several times, causing the policeman to fire several shots which hit the suspect who was driving the car,” he said.
Abd Jalil said the suspect who was shot is in stable condition and police also recovered the RM194,000 cash stolen by the gang, adding that the case would be investigated under Sections 307 and 395 of the Penal Code.
“We would like to advise the public to always be careful and to bring along a friend when withdrawing large sums of money from the bank and not to be deceived by such modus operandi,” he said. — Bernama
