Illegal activities: Comm Arjunaidi (right) showing the gang members wanted by cops while Selangor CID chief SAC Datuk Fadzil Ahmat looks on at the state police headquarters.
SHAH ALAM: “Gang 24 Bukit Raja” has been recruiting school students through blood initiation rituals, says Comm Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed.
The Selangor police chief said the gang has about 100 members, and about 10 of them are schoolchildren.
“The majority or about 60 of its members are in their 20s, while around 20 are between 30 and 40, and 10 are aged between 40 and 50 years old.
“We believe they are enticing students with promises of wealth and power. These students have to take a blood oath initiation before they are accepted as members.
The Selangor police chief said the gang was initially a club of 4X4 vehicles enthusiasts. We have investigated the gang since 2019 and so far, there is no solid evidence to connect them to underworld activities or crimes. The gang is led by a man known as Mr A, who is the husband of a female police officer with the rank of Deputy Superintendent (DSP). Allegations that a certain location was used as the gang s headquarters for alleged criminal activities is actually a place for fishing and to rent boats for the public, he told a press conference at the state police headquarters on Friday (April 9).
09 Apr 2021 / 21:44 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
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ALAM: The ‘Lanun Merah Black Maria 360’ gang, which is suspected to be headed by the husband of a police officer in Kuala Lumpur, was previously known as the ‘Four-Wheel Drive Group’, according to Selangor police chief Datuk Arjunaidi Mohamed.
He said the gang was believed to be involved in criminal activities such as dumping of rubbish and toxic waste, drug distribution and smuggling of illegal immigrants around Klang in 2019.
“Selangor Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has investigated the gang since 2019. However, there was no solid evidence to connect them with the criminal activities at that time,” he told a press conference at the state Police Contingent Headquarters today.
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Deputy director (Intelligence/Operations) of Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department, Datuk Dev Kumar said the number of reported vehicle theft cases nationwide had shown a decline each year. Picture by Choo Choy May
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 A vehicle is stolen every one hour 15 minutes in Malaysia, according to Vehicle Theft Reduction Council of Malaysia Berhad (VTREC) coordinator, Mas Tina Abdul Hamid.
She said a study conducted by VTREC last year found that 20 vehicles were stolen each day in 2020.
“However, the number has dropped following close cooperation between VTREC, the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) and other agencies,” she told reporters after the launching of the PDRM-VTREC Vehicle Theft Awareness Campaign, here, today.
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