12 cross-dressers taken off the streets

End to night outing: One of the transvestites checking his belongings during the raid in Chulia Street, Penang.

GEORGE TOWN: Twelve transvestites including an Indonesian were arrested in Chulia Street here for various offences such as gang robbery.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said the transvestites were caught along the street at about 11pm on Wednesday, during a raid.