SUBANG: Police crippled the ‘Three Brothers’ robbery gang, which was active in Subang, Cheras and Kajang, with the arrest of four members, aged between 20 and 27 years, Monday.Police were still hunting for a fifth member believed to be a brother of two of the four men.
“The group, whose members include the three brothers, has been active since 2009. One of them is still at large,” Subang Jaya OCPD ACP Zainal Rashid Abu Bakar told a news conference yesterday.
He said two members of the group had earlier robbed a motorcyclist of RM600 in Taman Perhentian, Bukit Puchong at 5.40am.
The duo struck again 15 minutes later, robbing a motorcyclists of RM1,400 in Serdang.
Following reports on the incidents, police mounted an operation and came upon the suspects in Serdang Raya.
“They tried to flee upon seeing the police team but crashed their motorcycle into a road divider. Police managed to arrest one of them,” he said.
In a follow up operation, police raided a house in Batu 9, Cheras, at 9am and arrested a friend of the suspect.
Police found in the house three machetes, 13 wallets and two mobile phones.
Police also recovered three bank cards belonged to the second victim, he said.
Investigations led to the arrest of two men at a hotel in Balakong, one of them the accomplice who got away in the earlier operation. — Bernama