Robbers tie up guard and drive off with three cars

Scene of the crime: The showroom at Amanjaya Business Centre where four armed men attacked a security guard and stole three cars.

SUNGAI PETANI: Security guard A. Arumugam, 58, was reading the newspaper while on duty outside a Nissan car showroom in Amanjaya Business Centre here when four robbers rushed into the place at 4.40am yesterday. Two of them were armed with knives while the third culprit had a metal rod.

“One of them held me at knifepoint and warned me not to make any noise before tying up my hands and legs. I was also gagged with a piece of cloth. I was dragged into the parking lot in front of the showroom,” he said yesterday.