Robbers pull off daring jewellery heist

IPOH: Four masked men,armed with machetes,robbed two men of jewellery worth about RM1mil they were transporting in two cars.

The daring robbery took place at about 6.30am along Jalan Chin Hwa in Taman Chateau here yesterday as the two men,in their 30s,were on their way to Kelantan with their employer’s jewellery,said Perak acting CID chief Asst Comm Anuar Othman.He said two men rammed a lorry into one of the two cars with the jewellery and the lorry driver and another man grabbed four bags containing jewellery from the two cars.

They abandoned the lorry,stolen earlier yesterday in Klang,and escaped with the loot in a car that had two of their accomplices,he told reporters at the scene of the robbery.

Anuar said the robbery was executed in five minutes.

He said police viewed a CCTV footage at the scene and were hot on the trail of the robbers.

He also said that one of the victims,who was injured,was sent to the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital here. — Bernama

Source: TheStar