KUALA TERENGGANU: Police arrested two entertainment centre workers for allegedly robbing a 24-hour convenience store in Chukai town here early on Thursday (Feb 2).
Kemaman OCPD Supt Hanyan Ramlan said the suspects, aged 24 and 39, were nabbed around 4am in a house and a workshop in Kemaman respectively.
Both men, who have previous drug and criminal records, tested positive for methamphetamine.
Supt Hanyan said the suspects had gone to the convenience store at 1.45am on a motorcycle before threatening a store worker and two of his friends with a weapon resembling a firearm and also a parang.
"They escaped with RM2,000 from the cash register, the store employee's sling bag which contained RM4,000, three handphones, personal documents and bank cards.
"They also disabled the closed-circuit television camera (CCTV). However, through public information, police managed to arrest the suspects within two hours of the incident,” he told a media conference here on Friday (Feb 3).
Their arrests also solved two other similar cases in town, he added.- Bernama
