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KUALA LUMPUR: Two men from the Ayoi Gombak gang, suspected of being involved in nearly 300 jewelery theft cases since early 2018, were arrested in a raid in Gombak here on January 26.
Kuala Lumpur Police Chief Datuk Saiful Azly Kamaruddin said that during the raid police also seized, among other things, Honda FD and Toyota Vellfire vehicles worth a total of RM280,000, believed to have been purchased with the product. of the crime, and four motorcycles are believed to have been used during the rapture.
“Both suspects were detained under Section 4 (1) (a) of the Crime Prevention Act (POCA) of 1959 from Monday to March 7, and are also being investigated under Section 4 Anti-Money Laundering. of Money, Prevention of Terrorism Financing and Revenues of the Illegal Activities Act of 2001, “he said.
He said the suspects, aged 31 and 35, were targeting motorcyclists or motorcyclists wearing gold chains and bracelets and earning an income of between RM 50,000 and RM 60,000 per month.
“To disguise their criminal activities, one of the suspects ran a food business and another ran a vaping business, where it was also believed that they used the proceeds from theft to provide capital,” he told a press conference at the contingent’s headquarters. Kuala Lumpur Police Station (IPK), here, today.
He said the stolen jewelry would be illegally sold to a local man known as Angah for RM 190 per gram who was believed to melt the gold once he bought it.
Police were tracking Angah, also known as Zul Hafiz Rosli, 36, with a last known address of Kampung Batu Muda, Batu 4 ½, Jalan Ipoh, here, and another individual known as Babie or Noorazizuddin Ahmad, 30, Whose last known address is Putra Ria Apartment, Jalan Bangsar, here to assist in the investigation.
He also said that during 2020, the Kuala Lumpur police received 321 reports of robbery cases and 26 more reports were received in January this year.
In a separate case, four men, two locals, an Indian and a Myanmar national, aged 31 to 45, were arrested on suspicion of stealing electricity for Bitcoin mining activities, in a raid on six facilities in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras, here. , On Wednesday.
Saiful Azly said that the activities of the union, which is believed to have been operating for the past two years, resulted in Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) incurring losses of RM3 million.
In another development, Saiful Azly said that the investigation document in the case of the Minister of Federal Territories, Tan Sri Annuar Musa, who allegedly was not complying with the standard operating procedure (SOP) of the Movement Control Order (MCO) in an event, had been presented to the Bukit Aman Attorney General’s Office today. -Called
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