Two local men were arrested for robbing a Russian tourist in Kuala Lumpur on December 12th. The suspects, aged 29 and 30, were apprehended in connection with a robbery that occurred while the victim was traveling to the airport.
KUALA LUMPUR : Police arrested two local men suspected of being involved in a robbery of a Russian tourist on Jalan Sejahtera here on 12 December. The two suspects, aged 29 and 30, were arrested by a team of officers from the Serious Crime Division (D9) of the Wangsa Maju District Police Headquarters (IPD) IPD) at a motorcycle parking lot in the People's Housing Project (PPR) Pekan Kepong in Jalan Silang here.
Wangsa Maju District Police Chief, Assistant Commissioner Mohamad Lazim Ismail said, the arrest was made following an incident involving a woman in her 50s, a Russian national, who was on her way to the Ampang Park Mass Transit (MRT) to KL International Airport on 12 December. “During the incident, the victim's bag was snatched by two suspects on a motorcycle. As a result of the incident, the victim suffered a loss of approximately RM10,000. “As a result of the investigation carried out, both suspects admitted to being involved in the incident,” he said in a press conference at IPD Wangsa Maju here today. According to him, the police also seized a motorcycle and keys, a POLO branded wallet, a shoulder bag, two helmets, two receipts for currency exchange worth US$1,500 (RM6,630) and 10.26 million Rupiah (RM2,854.78), two mobile phones and various branded clothing. It is clear that the suspects admitted to dividing the loot to settle debts and had exchanged cash at two shopping malls in Gombak and Cheras. “Investigations revealed that the first suspect has 33 criminal records and was recently released from Kajang Prison on 31 July, while the second suspect has seven previous records. “The suspects also admitted to throwing the victim's bag into Sungai Keroh by the road in Undang Kepai, Segambut and were also involved in three other cases in Kuala Lumpur,” he said.
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