MACHANG: Two suspected criminals were killed in a shootout with police at a house in Kampung Joh here yesterday.
The men, aged 31 and 37, are believed to have been involved in a car theft syndicate in the state.
"Following a public tip-off, police raided the house at around 3pm.
“But a shootout between the suspects and the police (erupted and) lasted for around five minutes.
“(One) suspect was later found dead in the living room, and another in a room at the back of the house.
“Two guns, one of which was fake, and a machete were recovered from the house,” Kelantan deputy police chief Datuk Din Ahmad told reporters at the scene.
He said the duo’s modus operandi was to disguise themselves as policemen while committing robberies.
“Police have now solved 12 cases (of the theft of four-wheel drive (4WD) vehicles) in the state,” he said.
The bodies were sent to the Machang Hospital for a post-mortem. – BERNAMA