GEORGE TOWN: Police have urged doctors who recently may have treated a man shot in his left arm to contact them immediately to assist investigation into a RM1.9 million gold heist.
State Criminal Investigation Department chief Senior Assistant Commissioner Zainol Samah said police believed the man, in his 20s, may be seeking treatment for his injury.
"We have yet to identify him but we believed he was injured after he was shot in his left arm.
"We hope the doctor in some clinic, who may have attended to him, contacts the nearest police station," he said.
Zainol said police were also looking for two other men to assist probe into the case.
They were:
• Mohd Amali Masturo, 30, who holds the identification card 870124-14-6087, and last known address is Block 6-10-14, Jalan 9/1188, Desa Tun Razak, Cheras Kuala Lumpur; and
• Joyo Krishna, 38, who holds the identification card 791007-05-5447, and last known address is No 14, Lorong 3, Taman Sri Permata, Sungai Gadut, Negeri Sembilan.
"We believed that with the arrest of the three, we will be able to wrap up our investigation.
"We have every reason to believe that the two are accomplices, who may have provided vital information leading to the heist," he told newsmen at the state police contingent headquarters here this afternoon.
On Sept 25, four men pulled off the brazen heist, fleeing with about RM1.9 million worth of gold from the factory at Jalan Siram.
The incident happened about 9.30am when two workers were carrying 11kg gold bars and necklaces to a pickup truck, bound for another factory in Kuala Lumpur.
A red Perodua Bezza then pulled up in front of the vehicle. Three men, armed with an axe and a knife, snatched the gold-laden bag from the workers, while the getaway driver remained inside the car.
As the robbers made their escape, one of the factory's employees fired his gun three times at the car, hitting one of them in his left arm.
The shots were enough to panic the driver, who sideswiped the car into a parked vehicle before escaping.
Police later found the getaway car parked at a flat in Ampang Jajar, about four kilometres from the scene of the robbery.
Zainol said to-date police had arrested 11 people, including three women, aged between 25 and 45 to assist the probe. None of them were employees of the factory.
He said they were picked up in various locations in Selangor, Johor and Negri Sembilan after the incident on Sept 25.
"Those arrested also include the sellers and buyers of the stolen loot. They have admitted to committing the offence. We have also recovered part of the stolen loot," he added.
The case was investigated under Section 395/397 of the Penal Code for gang robbery and armed robbery.