Malaysia Crime Watch

22 August 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Police have exposed a major forgery syndicate with the arrest of 8 Indonesians, two of them were women, from a rented flat in Persiaran Gurney on Sunday. The suspects, aged between 19 and 30 years, were believed to have handled about 50 fake identity documents per day.

The syndicate operates in cells located in various locations of the country, making millions of ringgit in the past two years with customers mainly from Indonesia. Fake MyKads, foreign worker identity cards, work permits, Indonesian passports and four mobile phones were seized from the flat. The documents were sold for between RM300 and RM500 each.

The suspects in the flat were involved in laminating and binding the documents. They have been remanded for seven days and the documents have been sent to the National Registration Department for further analysis.

New Straits Times – Gang forging ID papers uncovered
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/Frontpage/20070822072318/Article/index_html>

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22 August 2007
Penang

Penang Narcotics Department officers arrested a 39-year-old man at an apartment in Relau on Saturday, effectively busting a major drug syndicate there. The man had been arrested several times for drug offences previously. The syndicate has been trafficking amphetamine type of stimulant pills via numerous drug pushers.

Officers found various drugs at the apartment, including 300g of syabu worth RM100,000 and 500 Erimin 5 pills. On Monday, the suspect led officers to a processing laboratory along Kajang Road, off Jalan Datuk Keramat, where they found 43kg of caffeine and 30g of methamphetamine powder.

Police seized the drugs, two machines that were used to compress pills and several moulds. The suspect has been remanded for two weeks and the case classified by the police as trafficking under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act.

The Star Online – Major drug-trafficking syndicate busted with man’s arrest
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/22/nation/18658218&sec=nation>

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22 August 2007
Kuala Lumpur

Four members of the infamous armed Palembang robbery gang have been arrested yesterday. They were nabbed a few minutes after they had robbed a manager in front of a bank in Taman Teratai Mewah in Setapak at 1:50pm.

The 34-year-old manager had just withdrawn RM20,000 from the bank. Three suspects approached the manager, snatched RM10,000 of his money, and left in a Toyota Vios vehicle.

A patrol car spotted the vehicle and gave chase. The suspects’ car crashed at a junction in Taman Melati and three of them were caught by the police. The fourth robber escaped but was arrested at a hotel at 4:30pm. Police found three parangs, fake vehicle registration plates and a packet of syabu in the car, which was checked to be stolen.

The Star Online – Armed robbery gang crippled
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/8/22/nation/18661982&sec=nation>

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