PENANG: A syndicate specialising in stealing crude palm oil (CPO) from a refinery was busted with the arrest of its six members including the mastermind in Prai, Butterworth, and Bukit Tambun, Nibong Tebal, here on Monday night.
State police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Othman Talib said the six members, in their 30s and 40s, were picked up between 6pm and midnight by a police team which had been monitoring the syndicate's movements for the past three weeks.
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