MUAR: Police arrested two men who allegedly stormed into a public university student housing dormitory and robbed four students at knifepoint in the early hours of yesterday morning.
Also arrested was a 22-year-old man who is believed to have rented the getaway car to the suspected robbers, both aged 20.
All three suspects were tested positive for drugs, while two of them had 27 and 33 past criminal records respectively.
Muar police chief Assistant Commissioner Raiz Mukhlis Azman Aziz said police arrested one of the three suspects on the North-South Expressway near the Pagoh exit, today.
"He led police to his alleged accomplices' hideout in Kulai some 141km away from Muar. Within 24-hour of the robbery, all three suspects were apprehended," he said.
He said about 3am yesterday, a Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM) student who was in her dorm with three of her university mates, were taken by surprise when two unidentified men armed with knives stormed into their room.
The men robbed the students of their belongings, including jewelleries, laptops, mobile phones, and tablets before fleeing the scene.
The engineering students, aged between 19 and 24, were not injured.
Raiz Mukhlis said detectives and a K-9 unit were immediately deployed to track down the perpetrators, which led to one of the arrests, some six hours later.
Another two suspects were arrested in Kulai at 11.40pm.
Police seized three cars, including the vehicle allegedly used in the armed robbery.
Also seized was a small packet of crystal powder, believed to be syabu, a knife, and items believed stolen from the victims.
He added the suspects were remanded to facilitate investigation under Section 395 of the penal code for gang robbery and Section 397 for armed robbery.