Robbers escape with RM1.8 mil worth of jewellery in brazen ambush

 

CCTV footage from the goldsmith shop showed the robbers going after the jewellery suppliers. (Facebook Screengrab pic)

KUALA PILAH: Two jewellery suppliers were ambushed behind a gold store and robbed of a seven kilogramme delivery worth RM1.8 million this morning.

In a statement, Kuala Pilah district deputy police chief Syahrul Anuar Abdul Wahab said the masked robbers were armed with machetes.

“It was the first robbery to have happened here,” said the store’s manager Noorhasliza Abd Rahman in a Bernama report.

Based on a 34-second CCTV recording, the two victims were just alighting from their car parked at the back of the goldsmith shop when they were set upon by the robbers.

One victim was seen running away but was chased and attacked by a robber who grabbed his bag.

Noorhasliza said a police report had been lodged and the CCTV footage was handed over to the police for further investigation.

She said at the time of the incident, all the workers were in the shop serving customers.

Syahrul said the suspects used two cars, a white Toyota Camry with registration number BKK 9169 and a silver Toyota Corolla Altis (BLJ 328). - FMT