GEORGE TOWN – A gold supplier from Dubai and a local goldsmith have been robbed of 5.9kg of gold bars worth US$240,000 by three armed robbers at the Penang International Airport.
Police said the goldsmith was escorting his supplier, who had just arrived from Dubai, to his car when two gunmen suddenly ran towards them yesterday morning.
“At the car park, the men forced the victims to squat and lower their heads.
“A third person appeared and grabbed the two bags containing the gold bars, which had been placed on the back seat.
“The robbery was over within minutes. The robbers, in their early 30s, spoke to each other in a foreign language, which according to the victims, sounded like Vietnamese,†police reported.
On August 27, two men armed with automatic pistols shot a moneychanger before grabbing two bags on an airport trolley.
Source: The Star
