Police detained four men last week, two for car theft and two Pakistanis for robbing tourists.
Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zainuddin Ahmad saidon Friday police detained two men who were believed to be involved in several car theft cases here and in Selangor.
He said they were detained in a Proton Waja about 4.05am in front of a 24-hour outlet in Jalan Imbi by police on patrol duty. "Police found a samurai sword, a vegetable knife and a piece of metal believed used for criminal activities. Also found were two UNHCR documents and a road tax on the registration number of a Perodua Kancil which was reported missing," he said in a statement here Tuesday.
Zainuddin said in a follow-up to the arrest, police seized two Kancil cars which were reported missing, in separate raids in Taman Connought and Taman Kajang Utama at 3.47am on Saturday.
Meanwhile, two Pakistani nationals were detained at 12.15am in a fast food outlet in Jalan Raja Laut last Saturday for robbing a family of tourists from India on June 6 in Jalan Ampang.
He said following the arrest police raided two hotels in Jalan Medan Tuanku and Jalan Tiong Nam at 2am on the same day and seized numerous foreign currency and cellphones believed to be their booty from robberies.
Zainuddin said the suspects masquaraded as policemen and used various types of cars to commit crime.
"The suspect would also accuse their victims of possessing drugs and would examine the victim's body and property. After the examination, they would return the victim's property and leave. The victims would only realise later that their valuables were missing," he said.
Zainuddin said the police had received eight reports on robberies of tourists around Kuala Lumpur by foreign nationals passing themselves off as policemen.
Bernama
Tue Jun 18 2013
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