Two robbery gangs busted in police crackdown

Ramli (second from right) with Sabah CID chief Datuk Salehuddin Abd Rahman (left) and Kota Kinabalu police chief ACP M. Chandra (right) looking at the seized stolen items. – NORMIMIE DIUN/The Star

KOTA KINABALU: Two active burglary gangs, including one led by a woman, were crippled with the arrest of eight people around the city.

Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Ramli Din said the suspects, most of whom were ex-convicts and drug addicts, burgled so that they would have money to buy drugs.