| Pistols, machine guns, ammo and other weapons found after Subang Jaya shootout with former Deva Gang member |
He is thought to have double teamed with his accomplice to pull off a string of robberies that included recent strikes on jewellers in the Klang Valley.
Soon after the shootout, police discovered a cache of weapons at the house he had occupied in SS14/2A. The cache included several pistols, large machine guns, including an older version of the M-16, several hundred rounds of ammunition, two sledgehammers and fake guns.
Some jewellery was also found at the premises. A red and black Yamaha LC 125, similar to the one seen by witnesses at a jewellery heist at the Giant hypermarket in Kelana Jaya last month, was also spotted there.
The gunman is thought to have struck a number of jewellery outlets located in hypermarkets with an accomplice, who became known for waving to the shop employees before sauntering off with the loot. According to police sources, he could have amassed all that heavy weaponry solely for his heists and that it was unlikely that he was a gunrunner.
The search is on for his accomplice. The Deva Gang is believed to have pulled off several daring robberies, including the brazen robbery at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport on June 9 when four gunmen escaped with almost RM3.5 million after a violent shootout. Police had detained four men aged between 23 and 30 in Johor soon after the KLIA incident.
Speculation is also rife whether the gunman could be a suspect in a murder case in Taman Sri Muda, Shah Alam early March.
Selangor police acting CID chief ACP Omar Mammah could not confirm or deny the man's involvement but said that Selangor police chief DCP Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar would hold a Press conference on the shooting today.
The shootout yesterday was the second in the Klang Valley in less than 24 hours, each bringing the ferocious crime sprees of two wild fugitives to a bloody end. The first happened at about 12.15am yesterday when the Myanmar Gang leader, suspected of countless drug, murder and gang fight offences, was killed in a shootout with police near the Selayang wholesate market.
In the Subang Jaya incident, police had trailed the gunman from Bangsar before blocking off his Naza Ria near a curb along Jalan SS14/2 at the commercial centre of Subang Jaya. Police then ordered the man to exit his vehicle. It is learnt police fired several shots, some of them through the driver's side windshield, when the man drew a semi-automatic Smith & Wesson pistol and fired at them.
It was not immediately clear how many shots the suspect had fired.
"We trailed the suspect after policemen noticed him behaving suspiciously.
Police are investigating the man's involvement in previous cases," ACP Omar said.
ARTICLES SOURCE: http://www.mmail.com.my
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