Penang CID chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Kesah (left) and Southwest district deputy police chief Deputy Superintendent Lai Fah Hin (second from left) showing the motorcycle parts seized from members of ‘Gang Baling’.
Police have scored a double success by busting a motorcycle theft syndicate and an armed robbery gang operating in the northern region with the arrests of 19 people in connection with some 40 cases.
State Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Mazlan Kesah yesterday said the two groups were responsible for a string of thefts and robberies in Penang, Perlis, Kedah and northern Perak.
He said police busted the motorcycle theft syndicate known as "Geng Baling" with the arrests of 10 suspects, including two female teenagers, following a tip-off on Sunday.
Mazlan said two gang masterminds had been arrested -- a 27-year-old university undergraduate and his 16-year-old girlfriend -- behind Queensbay Mall in Bayan Baru.
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Mazlan said two gang masterminds had been arrested -- a 27-year-old university undergraduate and his 16-year-old girlfriend -- behind Queensbay Mall in Bayan Baru.
Mazlan said police had also busted a gang known as "Geng Wan Kama" with the arrests of nine people aged between 17 and 47.
He said the gang members had used fake pistols and parang to rob victims in 11 cases in Penang and Kedah, adding that they had recovered almost RM120,000 worth of items.
On another matter, Mazlan said police had identified four suspects in the rampage at Pisa Corner food court in Bayan Lepas.
