Fleeing robbers collide with patrol car - A group of robbers in a stolen BMW failed to escape with their loot when their getaway vehicle collided...

Fleeing robbers collide with patrol car
By RASHITHA A. HAMID
rashitha@thestar.com.my

SUBANG JAYA: A group of robbers in a stolen BMW failed to escape with their loot when their getaway vehicle collided with a police patrol car soon after the crime.

In the 11.30am incident yesterday, the robbers, aged between 17 and 21, used the BMW to block a Honda Accord with three siblings inside.

The two sisters and their brother were about to leave the vicinity of a bank in Persiaran Ikhlas here when the robbers rushed out and attacked them.

Looking for evidence: Police checking the BMW that crashed into a patrol car in Subang Jaya yesterday.

They smashed the windows of the Honda with machetes and a hammer before snatching a handbag containing RM3,000 and an iPad.

“In the midst of getting away, the robbers drove straight into a patrolling police car some 600m from the scene,” said Subang Jaya deputy OCPD Supt Abd Aziz Abd Majid.

Two were nabbed after a struggle while the other two escaped on foot.

Police retrieved the machetes and hammer from the BMW. They also found the snatched handbag.

The detained suspects are being investigated under Section 395 and 397 of the Penal Code for armed robbery.

Initial investigation revealed that the BMW, bearing a false number plate, was reported stolen in Petaling Jaya a few months ago.

The brother, who wanted to be known only as Cheng, said the siblings were discussing where their next destination would be after the sisters had withdrawn the money from the bank. “Ironically, while we were on our way to lodge a report, we passed by a scene where police were arresting the same two robbers.”