Thursday August 19, 2010 MYT 10:17:00 AM
Remnants of Styer gang arrested
KUALA LUMPUR: Four men, believed to be remnants of the Styer gang, were arrested in a police raid on their hotel room in Petaling Jaya, almost an hour after they committed a robbery at a fastfood outlet in Shah Alam, Wednesday. The suspects, aged between 24 and 29, were only armed with a machete when they robbed eight patrons of the fastfood outlet at about 12.15am and later went to stay in a hotel.
Police believed the four were remnants of the Styer Gang crippled by the police some years ago. Selangor CID deputy chief ACP Omar Mamah said based on intelligence, police raided the hotel room at 1.05am. Police believed that the gang’s modus operandi was to stay at a hotel after committing robbery to avoid detection.
During the raid, police also seized several items including two computer laptops, eight handphones, 28 MyKads belonging to the robbery victims, keys and a Proton Waja car. Omar said the same gang was believed to have robbed patrons at a fastfood outlet in the Klang Valley last week, besides having robbed several individuals who were withdrawing money from the ATMs.
He said all the suspects were being remanded for a week until next Wednesday for investigation under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code. The Styer Gang is believed to be involved in a series of robbery in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Johor since August 1999, and on Jan 18, 2000, they were believed to have robbed a bank in Taman Sri Serdang of RM440,000. Bernama
