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TAIPING (BERNAMA): A gang, known as Geng Ah Fatt, who had posed as members of the police force to commit armed robberies in Perak and Selangor has been arrested through a series of operations over the past two months .
Taiping OCPD Asst Comm Osman Mamat said that to date, 12 members of the gang, aged between 20 and 39, including two women, have been arrested by police, who also confiscated various stolen items.
Since August last year, the leader of the gang, known as “Ah Fatt”, had been actively recruiting members to commit crimes in various districts of Perak and Selangor.
“His modus operandi is to detain his victims while posing as police officers wearing safety vests and brandishing handcuffs before robbing them.
“The police seized several items, including five cars, a fake pistol, two parangs, a pair of handcuffs, police uniforms, two vests, 21 mobile phones, various identification documents, two packages of heroin and 570 pil kuda ( yaba pills), all worth RM600,000, ”he said at a press conference here on Thursday (February 11).
Osman said the seized vehicles had been reported missing in Perak and Selangor, adding that with the arrests, police are confident that some 25 cases of armed robbery, police impersonation, robbery and vehicle theft have been resolved in both. state.
All 12 suspects have criminal and drug records and have been detained as of Sunday (February 14), he said.
In another incident, he said an unemployed man was arrested last week for having an air rifle, crossbow and pellets in his possession at a house in Taman Jebong Aman, Simpang.
He said the suspect, who has been in custody until Sunday, admitted to obtaining the gun from an Indonesian man in 2016 and had been saving it for his own use.
In a separate statement issued later, Osman said police had detained a 43-year-old naked man who had gone insane with a parang near the Rumah Hijau housing area on Wednesday (February 10) evening.
“The suspect has a history of being treated at Bahagia Hulu Kinta Hospital in Tanjung Rambutan and acted aggressively after he stopped taking his medication.
“He was later convinced to put down the gun and calmed down before being sent to Taiping Hospital for treatment,” Osman said. – Bernama
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