KUALA LUMPUR: Police have arrested an unemployed man with a long criminal record for attempting to rob a grocery store in Jalan Raja Musa, Kampung Baru, earlier today.
Dang Wangi police chief Assistant Commissioner Noor Dellhan Yahaya said police received a report from the victim at 12.08pm.
"Police found a video that was uploaded on X showing a robbery incident at premises in Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Kampung Baru.
"Tracking of the suspect involved was carried out upon receiving the report," he said in a statement.
Noor Dellhan said the suspect, a 46-year-old local with 14 entries in his criminal record, was nabbed in Jalan Datuk Abdullah Yasin, also in Kampung Baru, at 2.54pm.
He was carrying a 46cm-long parang, he said, adding that preliminary investigations revealed that the man tested positive for both amphetamine and methamphetamine use.
He said the application for remand on the suspect will be made tomorrow to facilitate investigations under Section 394 of the Penal Code for voluntarily causing hurt in committing a robbery.
"The investigation into this case is still ongoing. We advise anyone with information on the case to contact the Dang Wangi police headquarters at 03-26002222 or the Kuala Lumpur police hotline at 03-21159999," he said.
Earlier, it was reported that a grocery store owner was terrorised at his shop in Jalan Raja Muda Musa.
The incident, captured on closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras at the scene, was later circulated on X.
