Congrats for the good work, PDRM - but, then again, I can act fast with an MR2 too!

Congratulations to the PDRM! Reading Cops foil robbery at cigarette hoarder’s house interests me the most by their fast action, but what really strikes me is the MR2 driven by one of the cops!

Wow, MR-2! How many MR2 or any similar costly vehicles are on PDRM's account? ;p

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The Star Online > Nation

Thursday October 6, 2005

Cops foil robbery at cigarette hoarder’s house

BY BEH YUEN HUI

DESPERATE ACTION: The sleek silvery Toyota MR2 driven by a police officer was rammed by fleeing robbers at Taman Seputeh in Kuala Lumpur yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR: A wholesaler, who wanted to cash in on the increase in excise duties announced in last week's budget, thought he could make a handsome profit by stocking up on cigarettes at his house.

But little did he know that there were others watching his move.

At 11.50am yesterday, nine robbers stormed into his house in Taman Seputeh here to cart away the cigarettes, worth some RM150,000.

But the robbery was foiled by police, who acting on a tip-off, arrived a little later and arrested all of them.

Two of the robbers were injured in the shootout that ensued.

City CID chief Senior Asst Comm II Abdul Aziz Bulat said one of the robbers told the wholesaler's 45-year-old maid that he had a parcel to deliver.

The maid opened the gates to the house but before she could react the other robbers rushed in.

She and the wholesaler's son were blindfolded and their hands and legs bound with masking tape.

SAC Abdul Aziz said a 10-man police team from the city police headquarters arrived and surprised the robbers.

“One of them even rammed his Proton Waja into a Toyota MR2 driven by a police officer, forcing us to fire several shots,” he said, adding one of the robbers was shot in the right cheek and another in his right hand.

SAC Abdul Aziz said three parangs were recovered from the robbers, aged between 23 and 30.

Five of them had previous records for break-ins and vehicle theft.

He said police also seized three cars used by the robbers as well as a lorry, already loaded with seven boxes of cigarettes.

SAC Abdul Aziz said police believe the suspects could help solve a spate of break-ins, robberies and hijack cases in the city.

He added that the two injured suspects had been sent to the KL Hospital for treatment.

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