Rogue cops including FRU personnel nabbed for robbery

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested a gang of rogue cops, including four personnel from the Federal Reserve Unit (FRU), for allegedly robbing cashiers from two different shops in Sungai Buloh on Sunday.
In the 9.05pm incident, the group of policemen, two clad in police vests, went to a coffee shop along Jalan MP1 Matang Pagar in Kuang to conduct an inspection.
The group comprising six personnel introduced themselves as policemen and one of them pointed an object that resembled a gun towards the cashier, a Myanmar national.
The rest of the men then searched rooms in the shop and grabbed RM4,000 cash from the counter.
Following the first incident and some 10 minutes later, the same group of policemen went to a sundry shop located near the coffee shop and executed the similar act.
They approached a Nepalese cashier and demanded to see his work permit and passport.
Then two policemen asked a customer and the cashier to go to the back of the shop while the other men conducted a search in the shop.
A source said the group of men then grabbed RM3,500 cash from the sundry shop and fled the scene in two unmarked cars.
"Police were alerted about the incident immediately and screened through the closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage and confirmed the six men's involvement in the incident," the source added.
Police then checked the registration plates of the cars and found the owners were staying at the FRU complex in Batu 9 here.
Forensics personnel also lifted four fingerprints from the scenes.
Police subsequently picked up four FRU and two General Operations Force (PGA) personnel.
They have been detained and kept at the Shah Alam Central Lock-up.
Investigators have also seized two vehicles, watches, a semi-automatic pistol and 30 bullets.
The case is being investigated under Section 395 of the Penal Code for gang robbery and Section 397 of the similar code for armed robbery.