Cops end 16-year con job


Slipped away: ACP Chong (centre) holding up photographs of wanted individuals with displayed evidence seized from the syndicate in Shah Alam. Looking on are state deputy CCID chief Supt Mohd Sakri Arifin (left) and investigation officer Insp Chew Leong Wei.

SHAH ALAM: A fly-by-night syndicate preying on wholesalers of lubricant oil and car spare parts has finally been busted after operating for 16 years.

In a raid at a warehouse at the Puchong Industrial Park at about 4.30pm on Wednesday, police arrested five people, including a 64-year-old man believed to be the mastermind who has been on the run from the police since 1998.

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