Armoured van heist case solved

SHAH ALAM: Police have solved the case of the armoured van robbery, which occurred in front of a bank in Sri Serdang last month, with the arrest of two men and the seizure of RM106,900 of the RM461,660 stolen.

Selangor police chief Commissioner Datuk Mazlan Mansor said police have also initiated a manhunt to track down two more accomplices, one of whom has been identified as a technician from a security company.

“The two suspects were arrested on Nov 28 and 29 respectively,” he told reporters at the Selangor police headquarters yesterday.

“The duo were detained four days after the heist. One of the suspects is a 29-year-old local. Another man, who is a grocery store owner, was picked up the following day at Bandar Seri Jempol in Negri Sembilan.”

Investigators seized a box filled with RM106,900 from the grocery store.

The suspects have been remanded for eight days until Dec 6.

He said police are now looking for Mohd Shamrul Hairry Shamsul Kahar, 30, from Bandar Springhill, Port Dickson in Negri Sembilan and Mohamad Azhar Mohamad Rawai, 26, from Kemayan in Pahang to help in the investigations.

Mazlan said police believe the robbery could have been an inside job.

On Nov 24, two men wearing full-face helmets grabbed some bags containing the money after opening the side door of the armoured vehicle before fleeing on a motorcycle.