A brazen snatch theft which happened at a pharmacy along Jalan Gombak in Setapak here on 20 November has been making its rounds on social media recently.

CCTV footage of the incident showed two men initially approaching the pharmacy at around 8.47pm.

One of the men then cooly enters the outlets, heads directly to a lady customer that was speaking to a staff at the counter and starts attacking her.

The thief pushes the woman, grabs her chains, slaps her and walks/runs out of the pharmacy.


After committing the act, the suspects were said to have driven away in a car and had knocked into several vehicles parked in the area.

Selepas berjaya meragut, suspek kemudiannya melarikan diri dengan kereta dan dikatakan telah melanggar 6 biji kereta di parking.

Berikut adalah adegan ketika suspek melarikan diri. pic.twitter.com/WZNKjLq54T

— Asal Gombak (@AsalGombak) November 23, 2020

A follow-up report by Kosmo! also detailed how the two suspects had allegedly tried to snatch the chain of another lady about an hour earlier.

[VIDEO] Dua lelaki yang bertindak melakukan jenayah ragut di sebuah farmasi di Jalan Gombak, Setapak pada Sabtu lalu dikatakan cuba meragut seorang wanita sejam sebelum itu.

Berita penuh klik https://t.co/f5V83RhoOj pic.twitter.com/1cahRNPvyo

— Kosmo! Online (@kosmo_online) November 24, 2020

The duo nabbed

According to a report by The Star (and to the relief of Malaysians), two men related to the case have been detained by the police.

Wangsa Maju OCPD Supt Rajab Ahad Ismail told the daily that the two men aged 31 and 40 were detained at a hotel in Jalan Pudu at about 2am on Tuesday (Nov 24).



"We also seized the clothing used in the heist. The jewellery that was stolen has been sold to a third party and we are in the midst of tracking the suspect down, ” he said.

Supt Rajab said both men had previous criminal records for drugs and they were also involved in a number of vehicle thefts and robberies in Setapak and Sentul.

We're so glad that our Abang Polis managed to nab them!