SHAH ALAM: Police have arrested 16 men, including two Chinese nationals, allegedly involved in a gang robbery at a scrap metal factory in Telok Panglima Garang, near here, on Nov 9.

Kuala Langat acting district police chief DSP Mohd Sufian Amin said the suspects, aged between 30 and 50, were apprehended at 3.30pm, about an hour after they robbed the factory.

He said earlier that his department received a report from the factory manager around 2.30 pm complaining that his factory was approached by a group of men who proceeded to confiscate sheet metal and old materials from the premises.

He said the stolen items were then loaded into a truck brought by the gang without the consent of the factory owner.

“Police from the Kuala Langat CID District Police Headquarters were later able to arrest all the suspects and seize the truck carrying the metal sheets and scrap materials,” he said in a statement here on Wednesday (Nov 20).

Mohd Sufian added that a pistol with 20 live bullets, a machete and a car believed to have been used during the robbery were also seized.

He said all the suspects were remanded in custody for three days from November 10 and an investigation docket was opened under Section 395 of the Penal Code.

The investigation revealed that the firearm was legally owned with a license issued by the authorities, while eight of those arrested had various criminal records. – Bernama