Armed robbers disrupt sale, make off with luxury watches worth RM500K


JOHOR BARU: What was supposed to be a routine transaction between a luxury watch seller and a customer turned into a violent robbery when six parang-wielding men barged in and made off with RM500,000 in loot.

Jimmy Chai, who runs an online luxury watch store, said the meeting was supposed to take place in a private room of a restaurant in Taman Mount Austin here at 1.30pm on Wednesday (June 8).

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