KUALA LUMPUR: The police net around the Macau scam syndicate allegedly linked to controversial Datuk Seri Nicky Liow Soon Hee tightened with the arrest of both of his brothers.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador (pic) said Johor police launched a massive eight-day-operation dubbed Ops Pelican 3.0 to cripple the syndicate beginning March 20.
"The task force consisting of 220 policemen conducted 70 operations to trace and arrest the group allegedly led by Liow, 33, who is the founder of the Winner Dynasty Group based at Setiawalk, Puchong.
"We arrested 118 individuals during these raids including, Liow's two younger brothers," he told reporters at Bukit Aman on Tuesday (March 30).
He said they detained 42 men and six women under the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) consisting of 30 Malaysians and 18 China nationals.
"We also detained 10 Chinese men, one Chinese woman and a Myanmar woman for offences under the Immigration Act, while eight Malaysian men were also arrested after they tested positive for drugs.
"We seized RM773,145.78 worth of assorted currencies," he said, adding that Nicky was believed to have fled the scene after getting a tip-off about the impending raid.
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