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THE POLICE ARREST A MEMBER OF THE HAMPER GANG!
ON FACEBOOK, CONCERNED PEOPLE HAD WARNED AGAINST BEING FOOLED BY A HAMPER GANG BUT THE POLICE HAD DENIED THAT THERE WAS SUCH A GANG!
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The Hamper Gang became famous when a warning about the gang and their methods began circulating on the Internet and short messaging services recently.
However, the police had played down a warning circulating on the Internet and messaging services that a gang of robbers are gaining access to houses under the guise of delivering hampers to occupants!
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Star
Saturday January 25, 2014 MYT 7:19:32 AM
‘Hamper Gang’ member nabbed, cops hunting for mastermind
PETALING JAYA: A member of the notorious “hamper gang” has been arrested and the police are hunting for the mastermind behind the gang.
It is learnt that police have already identified the mastermind, following the arrest the key member.
The police were confident of detaining mastermind soon.
Selangor deputy police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Abdul Rahim Jafaar confirmed the arrest.
The man was detained by a special task force from Selangor CID following the latest heist by the gang at a house in Ampang late last month.
The gang had shown up at the house at around 2pm on Dec 26, disguised as delivery men bearing a hamper of fruits and a greeting card.
However, when they were allowed into the house, they robbed the owner.
The gang took off with RM50,000 worth of valuables and a car.
“At around 3.30pm on Thursday, we tracked down one gang member to an apartment in Jinjang, Kuala Lumpur,” said the task force’s operations officer, Insp E. Thiruchelvan.
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Star
Thursday January 16, 2014 MYT 4:21:47 PM
Police play down rumours of robbers disguised as hamper deliverymen
by rashvinjeet s.bedi AND farik zolkepli
PETALING JAYA: The police have played down a warning circulating on the Internet and messaging services that a gang of robbers are gaining access to houses under the guise of delivering hampers to occupants.
“We have not received any reports thus we can confirm that there were no such incidents in Kuala Lumpur. If there are such cases, then we would have been on top of it,” said acting City CID chief Asst Comm Khairi Ahrasa
He said the said the messages were untrue as the police had not received any reports concerning the gang but advised the public to be wary of such scams.
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The warning being circulated spoke of a gang that entered private premises on the pretext of delivering hampers and subsequently robbing them.
One such incident was reported to have occurred in Kota Kinabalu in March 2012, where a “hamper gang” robbed a government servant of RM30,000.
The unsuspecting maid allowed the robbers in on the pretext of delivering hampers, who then pulled out a knife and a machete concealed beneath from the hampers.
Crime analysts warn that robbers would employ many tactics to fool unsuspecting homeowners.
Police play down rumours of robbers disguised as hamper ..
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Borneo Post
Expensive Hamper? Return to sender
by Eve Sonary Heng, reporters@theborneopost.com. Posted on January 19, 2014, Sunday
Warnings have been circulating on the Internet and social media including Facebook, WeChat, and WhatsApp as well as messaging services, that a gang of robbers are gaining access to houses under the guise of delivering expensive hampers to occupants.
It was rumoured that as the hampers were heavy, the so-called delivery persons helped to carry the hampers into homes and that was when they strike to rob their victims.
The latest rumour was said to be a victim from Tabuan Jaya who had fallen to the sinister tactic.
However, District police chief ACP Roslan Bek Ahmad said there have been no police reports lodged as yet regarding such deception.
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