Four men rob gold shop of RM1.2m in jewellery

SHAH ALAM: Four men, one of them armed with a pistol, fled with jewellery, worth RM1.2 million, in a robbery at a gold shop in Plaza Alam Sentral here today.
Selangor Criminal Investigation Department deputy head ACP R.Supramaniam said in the 7.30 pm incident, three of the suspects rushed into the shop, with the fourth accomplice waiting on a motorcycle outside.
"One of the suspects fired a shot at the ceiling of the premises before smashing the glass casing with a iron hammer.
"There were four workers at the premises, but none of them were harmed," he told reporters at the scene.
He said the suspects took seven minutes to scoop the seven trays of jewellery in the glass casings before the fled the scene on three motorcycles which were parked near the exit to the shopping centre.
The police would view the footage of a closed-circuit television at the jewellery shop to identify the suspects, he said. – Bernama