A 32-year-old auxiliary policeman employed by a private company in Bukit Beruntung was behind the robbery of a goldsmith in Kota Damansara on Saturday (March 22).
At a press conference on Monday (March 24), Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan revealed that the suspect had taken a pistol from his workplace before heading to the goldsmith inside a hypermarket, where he stole RM2mil worth of jewellery.
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At a press conference on Monday (March 24), Selangor police chief Comm Datuk Hussein Omar Khan revealed that the suspect had taken a pistol from his workplace before heading to the goldsmith inside a hypermarket, where he stole RM2mil worth of jewellery.
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00:00As previously reported, on March 22, 2025, at around 5 p.m., the Police Headquarters of Ketelan Jaya received the first information from the public
00:15stating that a gunfight took place at a gold shop in Pasar Raya, NSK, Kota Damansara.
00:22This incident was believed to be committed by a local man who was armed with a handgun during the gunfight.
00:33In the incident, the suspect acted on his own.
00:39According to our information, the suspect went to the shop and carried out a search and search in the area before the incident took place.
00:58It is believed that there were 7 pieces of jewellery in the shop, which were stolen by the suspect and then he ran away using a motorbike that was parked outside Pasar Raya Berkenaan.
01:20The loss is estimated to be around USD$2 million as stated by the shop owner.
01:29Based on the information, the investigation was carried out on March 22, at around 10 p.m.,
01:41the Police Headquarters of Ketelan Jaya and the Police Headquarters of Ketelan Jaya, the CID team,
01:47were able to arrest a 32-year-old Malay man, the suspect has no record of robbery and has been remanded for 7 days, from March 29 to March 29.
02:07During the arrest, the police have also found a series of remote-controlled keys,
02:17symbolizing a proton, a phone, a remote control, a series of house keys,
02:25a bag of cash, the name of which is Kuachua, and 81 pieces of yellow chains,
02:37a bag of silver, black in colour, and cash worth USD$1,800,
02:45along with a police ID card with the name of the suspect, and a few other items, including the suspect's clothes.
03:00The suspect is a member of the police force, who works for one of the companies that employ the police force.
03:10So, during the incident, he did not work, and after the incident, he was scheduled to shift at night.
03:24And as a result of this shift, we were able to find a number of items that were reported missing,
03:32and the investigation was carried out under Section 4 of the Firearms Act of 1971,
03:41for robberies using firearms.
03:45We found that he was in debt, he was in debt for almost USD$20,000.
03:51So, one of the reasons he said he did this job was to pay off his debt.
03:59That was in his health, his debts, his debts to his family, and so on, that was in his health, okay.
04:12No, after our investigation, in the last three days, we found that he was doing this job alone, okay.