IPOH, Dec 15 (Bernama) -- Police arrested a man within four hours of robbing a pharmacy in Taiping before he could spend his ill-gotten gains.
Taiping District police chief ACP Mohamad Nasir Ismail said the 20-year-old suspect was apprehended after a report was received from a 28-year-old woman working as a pharmacy assistant at 10.27 pm.
"The woman was threatened with a knife and forced to withdraw money from the cash register. Fearing for her safety, she handed over RM300 to the suspect.
"Acting on the information, a team of officers from the Criminal Investigation Division of the Taiping District Police Headquarters arrested the suspect and seized a knife, along with the remaining stolen cash," he said in a statement today.
Mohamad Nasir said the suspect, who has two prior criminal records, has been remanded for six days, to assist in investigations under Section 392/397 of the Penal Code.
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