Police officers displaying some of the items seized from the suspects .— Bernama
PETALING JAYA: The activities of three policemen and two other individuals suspected to have plotted to hijack cars brought in from Singapore and sell them off for money was uncovered when they were arrested on Monday and yesterday.
Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Nik Ezanee Mohd Faisal said they were detained in Penang and Kedah after conspiring to grab an Audi TT car belonging to a foreign national in Ara Damansara, Selangor last Sunday.
He said the incident happened when the victim met a car sales agent at Jalan PJU 1A / 54 at 7.45 pm (Sunday) to discuss the sale of the car, but was approached by two men wearing police vests who then "arrested" the sales agent and fled with the victim's car.
"Acting on the victim’s report, the police raided a hotel room in Seberang Jaya, Penang and arrested a 28-year-old local male suspect, namely, the car sales agent and a 28-year-old local female suspect," he told a press conference at the Petaling Jaya district police headquarters (IPD), here.
Nik Ezanee said the investigation into the male suspect led to the arrest of two policemen, aged 34 and 51, in the compound of the Kuala Muda IPD, in Kedah, yesterday.
"Subsequently, another suspect, a 31-year-old policeman, was arrested at the Ipoh IPD in Perak yesterday," he said.
