Robbers make easy picking of Ex-Cop's house
Police investigating the crime sceneRobbers know no bounds when it comes to doing their job, as even a retired policeman and his family were made victims of a robbery early this morning.
In the incident, armed masked robbers broke into the house of a retired police officer and tied up his entire family before escaping with over RM60,000 in valuables.
It took place just after 2am at a double storey house at Kampung Malaysia Jaya in Petra Jaya when seven men armed with a large cutter, hammer and knives entered the house through a side window.
According to the retired cop's 21-year-old son, he woke up after the robbers entered his unlocked bedroom on the ground floor and switched on the lights.
"They had their faces covered with T-shirts and threatened me with their weapons to keep quiet," he said, adding that he was then taken to his cousin's bedroom on the same floor and made to knock on the door.
The armed men first entered an unlocked bedroom where their 70-year-old grandfather and uncle were asleep and overpowered them before forcing them out the room.
The group then encountered the retired cop, who came out of his bedroom to investigate the commotion, and overpowered him as well along with his wife.
Robbers then bound the family hand and foot and taped their mouths shut before warning them against making any noise.
They even threatened to burn the family alive by setting the house on fire using a gas cylinder from the kitchen if their victims made any noise or attempted to escape.
The robbers then spent the next hour ransacking each room upstairs of an estimated RM45,000 worth of gold jewellery, RM2,000 in cash, six handphones and a laptop before fleeing the house.
The retired cop and his family each managed to loosen their own binds and contacted the police after making sure the robbers were no longer in the house.
A team of investigating officers and a police forensics unit rushed to the scene to investigate this latest robbery incident and interview the family.
In a possible related incident, a police Mobile Patrol Vehicle (MPV) arrested five men later the same morning after their presence in a housing estate aroused the suspicion of local residents.
Police received a call around 10.30am from residents of Taman Puteri located at Jalan Sultan Tengah near Santubong and rushed to the scene where they encountered a Kancil with five men inside driving slowly as though they were surveying the area.
The men, who are all locals in their 20s and 30s, were unaware of the presence of the police until they were ordered to stop and exit the vehicle.
A search of the Kancil then uncovered a ski mask, hammer, wooden club and motorcycle helmets, prompting patrol officers to arrest them on the spot.
The men were then taken to the Simpang Tiga police station for further investigation.
In the incident, armed masked robbers broke into the house of a retired police officer and tied up his entire family before escaping with over RM60,000 in valuables.
It took place just after 2am at a double storey house at Kampung Malaysia Jaya in Petra Jaya when seven men armed with a large cutter, hammer and knives entered the house through a side window.
According to the retired cop's 21-year-old son, he woke up after the robbers entered his unlocked bedroom on the ground floor and switched on the lights.
"They had their faces covered with T-shirts and threatened me with their weapons to keep quiet," he said, adding that he was then taken to his cousin's bedroom on the same floor and made to knock on the door.
The armed men first entered an unlocked bedroom where their 70-year-old grandfather and uncle were asleep and overpowered them before forcing them out the room.
The group then encountered the retired cop, who came out of his bedroom to investigate the commotion, and overpowered him as well along with his wife.
Robbers then bound the family hand and foot and taped their mouths shut before warning them against making any noise.
They even threatened to burn the family alive by setting the house on fire using a gas cylinder from the kitchen if their victims made any noise or attempted to escape.
The robbers then spent the next hour ransacking each room upstairs of an estimated RM45,000 worth of gold jewellery, RM2,000 in cash, six handphones and a laptop before fleeing the house.
The retired cop and his family each managed to loosen their own binds and contacted the police after making sure the robbers were no longer in the house.
A team of investigating officers and a police forensics unit rushed to the scene to investigate this latest robbery incident and interview the family.
In a possible related incident, a police Mobile Patrol Vehicle (MPV) arrested five men later the same morning after their presence in a housing estate aroused the suspicion of local residents.
Police received a call around 10.30am from residents of Taman Puteri located at Jalan Sultan Tengah near Santubong and rushed to the scene where they encountered a Kancil with five men inside driving slowly as though they were surveying the area.
The men, who are all locals in their 20s and 30s, were unaware of the presence of the police until they were ordered to stop and exit the vehicle.
A search of the Kancil then uncovered a ski mask, hammer, wooden club and motorcycle helmets, prompting patrol officers to arrest them on the spot.
The men were then taken to the Simpang Tiga police station for further investigation.
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