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KUALA LUMPUR: A group of masked men armed with parang ambushed a jewelry seller in a Toyota Hilux along the Besraya Highway in a broad daylight robbery on Monday (September 21).
The group, who were driving two Hilux vans, blocked the victim and his driver, then dragged them out of the vehicle before accelerating.
Brickfields OCPD Asst Comm Zairulnizam Mohd Zainuddin @ Hilmi said the incident happened around 3.35pm on Monday.
“We received a report on the incident about three hours after a jewelry seller who claimed that he and his driver were attacked and robbed while driving from Kuchai Lama to Sungai Besi.
“He said that two black Toyota Hiluxes blocked their way, and three masked gunmen approached their truck and smashed the windows before removing them from the vehicle,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (September 22).
The suspects then rushed into all three vehicles, including the victim’s truck, with an undisclosed sum of cash and jewelry.
“Both the seller and the driver suffered injuries from the broken windows.
“The estimated losses are being investigated and, according to the whistleblower, all the suspects were large and wearing long sleeves and ski masks,” he said, adding that investigations revealed that the whistleblower had dealings with various gold shops in Kuala Lumpur.
ACP Zairulnizam said police found burned remains believed to be the victim’s Toyota Hilux in the Damansara area, Petaling Jaya.
“We are tracking the suspects involved in the case,” he said, adding that the police were also investigating whether the case was related to the July security van robbery in Rawang that involved more than RM2,000 in losses.
In that case, armed robbers followed the truck before attacking it. They later set the vehicle on fire near a factory in Sungai Bakau.
Those with information about the case should contact the police at 03-2297 9222 or go to the nearest police station.
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