KULAI: Police arrested a man suspected of involvement in two armed robbery cases less than two hours after the incidents were reported on Friday (April 4).
Kulai OCPD Asst Comm Tan Seng Lee said police were alerted to a robbery involving an Indonesian woman behind a restaurant on Jalan Seri Putra here at 8.26am.
He said the 52-year-old victim sustained injuries on the left arm, believed to have been inflicted with a machete. She received treatment at Hospital Temenggong Seri Maharaja Tun Ibrahim here and is reportedly stable.
"On the same day, we also received a report from a 36-year-old local woman on an armed robbery at Jalan Impian Senai Utama, Taman Impian Senai, at around 8.45am.
"Acting on information, personnel from the Mutiara Rini station detained a suspicious motorcyclist at a petrol station on Jalan Skudai-Gelang Patah at 10.05am,” he said in a statement on Wednesday (April 9).
ACP Tan said checks led to the discovery of suspicious items in the man's backpack, and investigations indicated he was involved in the two incidents.
"Among the seized items were a motorcycle, several handbags, mobile phones, an Indonesian passport, a ring, a bracelet and a toolbox with a metal cutter, screwdriver and saw.
"The suspect has 15 criminal and drug offences on his record and tested positive for methamphetamine,” he added.
The suspect has been remanded for seven days until Friday (April 11) for investigation under Sections 392, 394 and 397 of the Penal Code. – Bernama
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