JOHOR BARU: One of the state’s most ruthless armed robbery gangs has been busted.
Its reign ended on Saturday when police tracked down and arrested three members, aged between 30 and 40, one after another during a raid in Muar from midnight to 7am.
State chief police officer Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said police seized two pistols and 53 bullets from an oil palm estate in Grisek, Muar.
He said police believed the pistols were used in several armed robberies including the one on Jan 21 where a robber accidentally shot dead his accomplice when robbing a fruit wholesale shop in Jalan Bentayan. He fled with with RM12,000 and a handphone.
Police traced the remaining gang members through the identity of the dead robber who was released from prison in November after spending 15 years in jail for a drug-related case.
“We also seized two cars and six cellphones from the trigger-happy gang which had been on the state’s most wanted list for several months,” he said.
DCP Mohd Mokhtar said a number of armed robberies the state would likely be solved with the arrests.
He later handed out certificates of appreciation to the policemen who caught the three suspects.
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