SHAH ALAM: Police are on the hunt for two men suspected of being involved in an armed robbery at a grocery store in Kebun Baru, Telok Panglima Garang, near here yesterday.
Kuala Langat police chief Supt Ahmad Ridhwan Mohd Nor @ Salleh said the department received information about the incident from the store owner at 3 pm.
“Investigations found that one of the suspects entered the store with his face covered using a shirt while another waited in the car.
“The suspect, armed with a machete, then fled with a drawer containing cash, two mosque donation boxes and a mobile phone belonging to the store’s employee,“ he said in a statement here yesterday.
Ahmad Ridhwan said initial investigations found that the store owner suffered losses of around RM3,000.
He said the case was being investigated under sections 395/397 of the Penal Code, which carried a maximum penalty of 20 years imprisonment, a fine, or caning, upon conviction.
Members of the public with information regarding the case are urged to head to any nearby police station or contact the Kuala Langat Police Headquarters operations room at 03-31872222 to assist in the investigation.
