Notorious ‘Muruku Gang’ busted, 9 arrested

SUBANG JAYA: The notorious “Muruku Gang”, whose members masqueraded as muruku (Indian snacks) hamper delivery staff to commit a robbery spree found it had bitten off more than it could chew.

This followed a police blitz in which nine of the gang’s members, including two women, were arrested in several raids this week.

With the arrests, the police expect to solve at least 10 robbery cases in the Klang Valley and Selangor committed over the past year.

Subang Jaya police deputy chief Superintendent Lee Swee Meng said the suspects, aged between 17 and 48, were remanded for seven days until Monday to facilitate investigations.

He said at 2.24am on Tuesday, police raided a hotel in Puchong and detained two men before seizing two rental cars, believed to have been used in a robbery.

“In a tip-off that followed on the same day, we detained a couple and two men believed to be members of the ‘Muruku Gang’, in Petaling Utama and Taman Cuepacs, Kuala Lumpur.

“We also found mobile phones of different brands and jewellery in the second raid,” he told a press conference at the Subang Jaya police headquarters here today.

Lee said following interrogation, a police team raided a hotel in Jalan Klang Lama on Wednesday and detained the suspected mastermind of the “Muruku Gang” and his girlfriend.

Following interrogation of the couple, police raided a house in Puchong Indah about 10.30pm and picked up a man.
Lee said: “The gang normally masqueraded as ‘muruku’ hamper delivery staff before barging into homes of potential victims and robbing them of their cash and valuables.”

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