Police said yesterday that they were all apprehended in raids over five days conducted since yesterday around Kedah and Penang. — File picALOR SETAR, April 29 — Police have arrested five men and two women to assist an investigations into an armed robbery-cum-murder of a male Myanmar national on April 9.
Kedah Police Criminal Investigation Department chief, ACP Mohd Nashir Ya said the suspects, aged between 20 and 30 years, were five locals and two Myanmar nationals.
He said in a statement yesterday that they were all apprehended in raids over five days conducted since yesterday around Kedah and Penang.
The police also seized eight cellphones and two stolen vehicles, he said, adding that police believed the incident was caused by debt-related matters and smuggling of migrants .
On April 9, the victim was taken away by a group of robbers, who broke into a house, occupied by six people. The victim's body was found at an irrigation canal, Kampung Palas in Pendang on April 18.
In another development, Mohd Nashir said two Myanmar nationals, who were suspected members of a human smuggling syndicate, were detained together with 62 other Myanmar nationals at Kampung Tok Saka, Hutan Kampung here, yesterday.
The 62 Myanmars, aged between 11 and 40, did not have any travel documents and were found in filhty condition and tired. — Bernama
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