The New Straits Times, 16 December 2013
KAJANG: The Oxy Gang has struck again, this time, carting away more than RM270,000 after breaking into two automated teller machines (ATM) at the Giant hypermarket in Taman Utama, Batu 9, Cheras, early yesterday.
The theft, believed to have occurred between 2.30am and
3.30am, was discovered only after a security guard began his shift at
7am.
He found both ATMs, belonging to RHB and BSN, on the building's ground floor, had been cut open.
Kajang deputy police chief Superintendent Abdul Ghani
Mohamad Ji said the thieves entered the building by drilling a hole
through the bank's shutters.
"The hypermarket's security guard who was on duty in the morning arrived at 7am.
"He spotted the hole and immediately called the police."
Ghani said the thieves used the oxy-acetylene gas-based cutter to open two ATMS.
"We believe it was the work of professionals.
"They took only an hour to prise open the ATMs, which were 15m apart.
"We found footprints and also recovered a screwdriver at the scene."
The thieves have been dubbed the "Oxy Gang" as they use oxy-acetylene torches to break open ATMs and vaults.
"The act, which was caught by the supermarket's
closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera recordings, showed three men
entering the building.
"We have looked at the CCTV images but the footage was blur and we could not identify the culprits."
Ghani said the BSN branch's alarm rang only after the three men had fled.
One of the bank's representative was dispatched to the scene.
"The bank's representative could not enter because the
building was locked and the hypermarket's guard would only be on duty
from 7am to 10pm everyday," he said, adding the case involved losses
amounting to RM270,920.
Police urged those with information to contact the police.
The case is being investigated as burglary.
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