Three police corporals arrested to assist a robbery-cum-shooting case involving a businessman who was shot in the neck

Businessman shot in the neck; Dropped wallet leads to arrests of 3 cops

HIDIR REDUAN
New Straits Times25 November 2017


KUANTAN: Three police corporals have been arrested to assist a robbery-cum-shooting case involving a businessman who was shot in the neck here this morning.

A source revealed that two of them, attached with the district police headquarters, were picked up at two separate locations in the city between 8am and 9am.

The third policeman was nabbed at Jalan Pintasan Kuantan-Pelabuhan here, somewhere after 9am.

The arrests came just three hours of the 6am incident at the 40-year-old victim's outlet at Kampung Jaya Gading.

The source added that police got their break after one of the trio - aged between 25 and 30 - had accidentally dropped his wallet at the crime scene.

"All the suspects will be remanded to assist investigation. Currently, we believe that robbery is the motive behind the shooting," he said when contacted.

It was earlier reported that a businessman sustained neck injury during the robbery.

The source said that as the victim was lying wounded on the floor, the trio fled in a Perodua Axia.

The victim is currently warded at the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital (HTAA).

Meanwhile, district police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Aziz Salleh confirmed the arrests and said the matter was being investigated under Section 8 (a) of the Arms Act 1960.