by Alexis Cai
WEARING ski masks to hide their identities, a gang of six men -
one wielding a knife - ambushed two couriers and robbed them of
RM500,000 (S$214,929).
They repeatedly punched one of the victims inside the
11th-storey flat in Dorset Road before fleeing down the
staircase.
The robbery happened last Thursday at about 2am. The victims,
two Malaysians, had intended to spend the night at the flat before
delivering the money to moneychangers later that morning.
The gang - believed to be all Bangladeshis holding jobs in
Singapore under valid work permits - had gotten wind that their
victims were carrying huge amounts of cash and were waiting for
them.
In a statement on Thursday, police said they rounded up five
suspects, aged between 27 to 32, over the last two days.
The sixth suspect is still at large.