Malaysia Crime Watch

16 February 2007
Johor Baru

Five men armed with parangs had robbed a lorry loaded with metal plates at Taman Universiti at about 1am yesterday. The metal places were worth RM200,000.

The gang had tied and blindfolded the driver of the lorry and drove off in their car. The lorry was driven by one of them.

After four hours of driving, the lorry driver was thrown out along Jalan Pontian near the Pulai Spring Resort.

The driver later lodged a report at the Skudai police station. Police are looking for the robbers.

New Straits Times – Five hijack lorry with metal plates
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20070216083514/Article/local1_html>

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16 February 2007
Putrajaya

Two Indian nationals arrived at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on seperate flights from Chennai on Wednesday morning. Customs officers found a total of RM800,000 worth of ketamine on them.

The first man, a 34-year-old, was arrested at 11:30am with 15kg of ketamine in 40 boxes in a bag. He was flying in from Singapore.

The second man, a 27-year-old, came in from Bangkok and was found with 27 single-kilogram packets of ketamine in two bags.

The packets were apparently labelled under a brand name “Pratikar”, a top quality detergent found in India. The local market rate of the drug is between RM18,000 and RM20,000 per kilogram.

In both cases, there were no clothes in their bags at all.

Police believe they may be related and are investigating the cases under the Dangerous Drugs Act. If found guilty, the men face the death penalty.

New Straits Times – 2 held, RM800,000 drugs seized
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20070216083615/Article/local1_html>

New Straits Times – RM1m ketamine disguised as detergent seized
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Thursday/National/20070222094134/Article/local1_html>

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16 February 2007
Ipoh

Three men have been remanded by police until Saturday in relation to the death of sisters Tan Sook Mun and Tan Sook Yin on 13 January 2007.

Two men, aged 19 and 21, from Penang and Kuala Lumpur respectively, were arrested last Saturday while the third man, aged 20, from Ipoh was arrested on Monday.

New Straits Times – Probe into sisters’ deaths: Three men held in remand
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/nst/Friday/National/20070216083438/Article/local1_html>

Malaysia Crime Watch – Two Sisters Found Hanged At Home
<URL:http://malaysiacrimewatch.lokety.com/two-sisters-found-hanged-at-home/>

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