Seized items: Hamzah (second from right) and other police officers showing pistols and other items used by the suspects at the Penang Contingent Police Headquarters in George Town.
GEORGE TOWN: They were suspected of stealing at least 33 vehicles, mostly 4x4 vehicles, since early this year and smuggling them abroad.
But it was the end of the road for three car thieves after they got into a gunfight with policemen early yesterday, resulting in their deaths.
