JOHOR BARU: State police have detained 406 people suspected to be involved in various crimes in the past week.
Police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Mohd Mokhtar Mohd Shariff said they believed they had solved 18 cases in the state, and one each in Klang Valley and Penang following the arrests.
“The suspects were detained for crimes like vehicle theft, drug offences, vice and triad activities, gambling and commercial crime. Many of them are on the wanted list,” he said, adding that those arrested were aged between 22 and 52.
DCP Mohd Mokhtar said police had also busted a robbery gang with the arrest of six people in Taman Ehsan Jaya, Taman Tampoi Indah and Taman Perling here recently.
Part of the loot: Mohd Mokhtar holding up a shot gun that was seized from a robbery syndicate during a press conference. “We received a report on Oct 9 from a man saying that he and his family had been robbed while shopping in Taman Universiti.
“Within 30 hours, we managed to nab the suspects and seized a shotgun, 10 bullets, nine knives, 14 handphones, a keris and various electronic products,” he said, adding that those arrested — aged between 26 and 35 — would be remanded until Oct 18.
On another matter, DCP Mohd Mokhtar said three police stations in Johor Baru North and Johor Baru South would be roped into a joint patrol with the military to combat crime as part of the National Blue Ocean Strategy.
“The programme involves 24 policemen from Setia Indah, Pelangi Indah and Johor Jaya stations as well as 12 personnel from the Jalan Tebrau military police corp camp,” he said.
He added that the patrol, which would begin in stages on Oct 15, would be carried out on foot, motorcycles and cars.
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