Narcotics haul Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun (centre) showing some of the drugs that were confiscated during Ops Tapis at a press conference at the Kelantan police contingent headquarters in Kota Baru. Police arrested 254 individuals aged 16 to 64, confiscated various types of drugs worth more than RM660,000 and seized property amounting to RM115,000 during the operation. — Bernama
KUANTAN: A gang of seven Indonesian men and a local woman, believed to be responsible for 14 armed robberies reported in Pahang, Terengganu and Negri Sembilan has been nabbed by police.
Pahang police chief Comm Datuk Seri Yahaya Othman said the suspects believed to be members of the “Dan Lombok” gang, who have been active since August, were arrested during a joint operation by the Pahang and Negri Sembilan police from Oct 12 to 20 in Felda Keratong, Kuala Pilah and Nilai in Negri Sembilan.
The suspects are aged between 27 and 48, according to Bernama.
Six of the male suspects were working as labourers in Felda Keratong, Rompin, near here, while the female suspect is the wife of one of them, he told a press conference at the Pahang Contingent Police Headquarters on Monday.
The gang’s modus operandi involved breaking into houses during the early hours of the morning, threatening the victims with knives, tying them up, and then fleeing with stolen valuables.
After the arrests, the police recovered various tools used by the gang for breaking into houses, as well as jewellery, cash, mobile phones; and two cars, a Perodua Bezza and a Myvi.
In another development, Comm Yahaya said the police arrested 11 locals, including three women, for alleged involvement in an online gambling syndicate, during a raid at a house in Kubang Buaya here last Friday.
He said the syndicate, believed to be operating from the Philippines and China, purportedly promoted over 50 types of gambling. The syndicate targeted victims from China using Telegram and WeChat applications, providing them with links to gambling websites.
In the raid, he said, the police also seized 280 mobile phones of various brands, 14 laptops and 100 Chinese bank cards as well as Internet modems.
