KUALA LUMPUR: A syndicate specialising in stealing luxury cars and selling them cheap has been crippled with the arrest of five of its members and 14 car brokers.
The car brokers were not only responsible for selling the stolen cars but also for faking the road tax disc for the cars that they sold.
Police believe that they have successfully solved 26 cases of car theft and robbery with the arrest of the men.
The cars are immediately disposed of for RM6,000 to RM20,000, depending on the marque. The road tax discs are sold for RM200 to RM300.
Police success: DCP Mohammad Sabtu (second from left) looking at one of the stolen cars seized from the syndicate at the City Police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur Monday.
It is also learnt that three members of the syndicate, going by the name Jongos and active for the past six months, are involved in eight rape cases in Selangor.
City police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohammad Sabtu Osman said yesterday police had their breakthrough when two syndicate members, aged 30 and 35, were arrested on Dec 4.
And on Dec 24, three other syndicate members, aged 18 to 30, were picked up in Gombak district. One is a taxi driver and the other two jobless.
Initial investigations reveal that syndicate members would trail their intended victim from a bank to his or her house.
When the victim stopped the vehicle, the syndicate members would force the victim out and rob him or her before fleeing with the vehicle. They used parangs in all the incidents.
DCP Mohammad Sabtu added that eight of the victims were also raped. “However, no casualties were reported in all the incidents,” he said.
Following the arrests, police seized 13 luxury cars from various locations. Among the car makes are Mercedes Benz, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Honda.
When asked, DCP Mohammad Osman said two car buyers were also arrested.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/6/nation/2947609&sec=nation
They are the ones who does this to us..and selling them at damn low prices..imagine if they steals a proton , how much are they going to sell ?? rm1k??
The car brokers were not only responsible for selling the stolen cars but also for faking the road tax disc for the cars that they sold.
Police believe that they have successfully solved 26 cases of car theft and robbery with the arrest of the men.
The cars are immediately disposed of for RM6,000 to RM20,000, depending on the marque. The road tax discs are sold for RM200 to RM300.
Police success: DCP Mohammad Sabtu (second from left) looking at one of the stolen cars seized from the syndicate at the City Police headquarters in Kuala Lumpur Monday.
It is also learnt that three members of the syndicate, going by the name Jongos and active for the past six months, are involved in eight rape cases in Selangor.
City police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohammad Sabtu Osman said yesterday police had their breakthrough when two syndicate members, aged 30 and 35, were arrested on Dec 4.
And on Dec 24, three other syndicate members, aged 18 to 30, were picked up in Gombak district. One is a taxi driver and the other two jobless.
Initial investigations reveal that syndicate members would trail their intended victim from a bank to his or her house.
When the victim stopped the vehicle, the syndicate members would force the victim out and rob him or her before fleeing with the vehicle. They used parangs in all the incidents.
DCP Mohammad Sabtu added that eight of the victims were also raped. “However, no casualties were reported in all the incidents,” he said.
Following the arrests, police seized 13 luxury cars from various locations. Among the car makes are Mercedes Benz, BMW, Toyota, Volkswagen, and Honda.
When asked, DCP Mohammad Osman said two car buyers were also arrested.
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/1/6/nation/2947609&sec=nation
They are the ones who does this to us..and selling them at damn low prices..imagine if they steals a proton , how much are they going to sell ?? rm1k??
