SHAH ALAM: A gang of robbers pulled off a Hollywood-style heist today when they rammed a lorry into a petrol station, then used the vehicle to yank free an ATM machine before escaping with the loot.
The men, clad in masks and helmets, tie a rope around the ATM machine and yanked it free from its base. With the machine damaged, the men removed cash amounting to RM230,000 from the ATM. Pix by Shazreen Zamzuri
In the early morning incident, the men had driven a three-tonne lorry to the petrol station in Taman Bukit Subang at 5.40am and rammed it into the station’s glass entrance, catching the station’s two foreign employees by surprise. The men, who were clad in masks and helmets, then proceeded to tie a rope around the ATM machine and yanked it free from its base. With the machine damaged, the men removed cash amounting to RM230,000 from the ATM. For good measure, the robbers also grabbed RM700 from the station’s cash register. Deputy Shah Alam police chief Supt Nek Zaidi Zakaria said police are reviewing the station’s CCTV footage to identify the robbers.
