Malaysia Crime Watch

25 August 2007
Ipoh

Ops Bersih continued its operations nationwide with the arrests of a 40-year-old driver and his 48-year-old co-driver of another express bus after testing positive for drugs. They were caught on Thursday and early yesterday respectively on the south-bound side of the Tapah rest area along the North-South expressway.

Two Chinese nationals on board were also caught for not having valid travel documents.

Perak Road Transport Department said 438 buses were checked in the first 24 hours of the operation. Summonses were given for various offences, such as not having valid Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board permits for the route they were plying and overcharging of bus fares.

The two men are being investigated under Section 44 of the Road Transport Act for driving the bus under the influence of drugs, and under Section 3(1) of the Drug Dependent Act (Treatment and Rehabilitation).

The Star Online – Two more arrested after testing positive for drugs
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/25/nation/18695864&sec=nation>

MCW – Ops Bersih Day One Uncovers Hundreds of Offences
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/ops-bersih-day-one-uncovers-hundreds-of/>

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25 August 2007
Subang Jaya

A gang of eight teenagers are suspected to be responsible for a series of armed robberies at 24-hour restaurants this year. Two were arrested yesterday at 12:30pm, one a 19-year-old burger seller at Kampung Medan and the other a 20-year-old despatch worker at Kampung Lindungan. The latter’s motorcycle was seized on suspicion that it may have been stolen.

Two more suspects were detained in USJ at 4:30pm. Both are in their 20s and one of them had a parang with him.

The remaining four are on the run after robbing a restaurant in Putra Heights at 5:40am. They escaped with boxes of cigarettes worth RM2,000, a mobile phone and RM500 cash.

It is believed that the the gang had eaten at the restaurant earlier. When they had finished, four of them confronted the cashier with a knife. After grabbing the loot, they took off on several motorcycles.

The Star Online – Nabbed – youngsters who ate then robbed
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/25/nation/18694218&sec=nation>

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25 August 2007
Kuala Lumpur

A 25-year-old Indonesian was arrested on Thursday at the Selayang wet market with possession of 4.8kg of ganja or marijuana worth about RM12,000. Sentul narcotics police believe that some of the Indonesian and Myanmar workers there have been using the place to distribute such drugs.

The suspect from Aceh had been working as a fishmonger’s assistant for the past two years. He was found with five blocks of dry leaves believed to ganja wrapped in a polystyrene box. He had intended to sell it to another party at the market but the buyer was not caught.

Police believe that the ganja was brought from Thailand.

New Straits Times – Cops nab Indonesian selling ganja at wet market
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Saturday/National/20070825075918/Article/index_html>

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