23 Taiwanese nabbed in raid on scam ring


Confiscated: A commercial crime investigation department officer showing one of the laptops that was seized to Comm Mohd Shuhaily (second left) following a raid at a luxury bungalow in Batu Ferringhi.

BUKIT MERTAJAM: Despite facing some difficulties during an operation against an online sales scam syndicate in Batu Ferringhi, police successfully busted the syndicate with the arrest of 23 Taiwanese on Saturday.

State police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the suspects, aged between 19 and 48, including six women, were nabbed in a raid at a three-storey luxury bungalow house at the popular tourist destination.

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