Malaysia Crime Watch

10 February 2008
Ipoh

An auxiliary police constable was caught smoking ganja when he was watering his marijuana plant at his security post at the Sultan Abu Bakar Dam in Cameron Highlands on Sunday at 5pm. The 28-year-old security guard with 8 years on the job had been growing the 90cm-tall plant for the past 2 months.

A tip-off from the public allowed police to spring an ambush on him at the security post.

The man is being investigated under Section 6D of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952. If successfully convicted, he faces life imprisonment and 6 strokes of the cane.

The Star Online – Auxiliary cop caught growing ganja
<URL:http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/10/nation/20080210172323&sec=nation>

The Star Online – Auxiliary cop nabbed for growing ganja
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/11/nation/20291289&sec=nation>

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6 February 2008
Kuala Lumpur

Police have arrested two men who have been posing as police officers or repairmen and robbing over 150 college students in Sentul for the past two years. The suspects were nabbed last Saturday in Wangsa Maju after they had robbed six Tunku Abdul Rahman students in a rented house in Setapak.

The victims had described the men and the registration number of their motorcycle. The first suspect, a 21-year-old man, was nabbed in front of a motorcycle shop in Section 1, Wangsa Maju. Police found 99 Eramin 5 pills, 6 sachets of ganja and two stolen mobile phones on him.

The second suspect, a 24-year-old, was picked up in his house and his Honda EX5 motorcycle seized.

Police believe that the duo are responsible for more than 100 robberies in the areas of Setapak, Wangsa Maju, Kepong and Jinjang.

With the information provided by the suspects, police then raided two mobile phone shops in the Kotaraya and Plaza Warisan shopping centres and seized 90 stolen mobile phones.

The Star Online – Two-year reign of terror ends
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/6/nation/20247848&sec=nation>

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6 February 2008
Gurun

Four armed robbers got away with RM3 million cash which was ferried by two security guards and a driver of an armoured vehicle at the Gurun Rest and Recreation stop on the North-South Expressway heading north towards Alor Star yesterday.

The guards were unloading cash from the vehicle to replenish an automated teller machine there when the robbers pulled up alongside them in a black multi-purpose vehicle at 4:30pm. One of the robbers pointed a gun at the driver, 38-year-old Zainuddin Yahaya, and ordered him to drive to an oil palm plantation in Kampung Sungai Bongkok.

There, the guards were ordered to squat outside while the robbers moved five bags of cash into their MPV. The robbers then left the guards and their armoured vehicle at the plantation.

Police have detained the security guards to facilitate investigations.

The Star Online – Armoured van guards lose RM3mil to trio
<URL:http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/2/6/nation/20251631&sec=nation>

New Straits Times – Guards robbed of RM3m on highway
<URL:http://www.nst.com.my/Current_News/NST/Wednesday/National/20080206075555/Article/index_html>

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