Cops: Air rifle used to smash banks' glass panels


One of the banks with the glass panel smashed in Ipoh.

IPOH: Police here believe that an air rifle is the primary object used to break the glass panels and doors at four banks on Saturday.

Deputy Ipoh OCPD Supt Abdul Rani Alias said initial investigations showed that the damage to the broken glass was similar to that caused by a ball bearing that was shot from an air rifle.

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