GEORGE TOWN, Dec 13 (Bernama) -- Police have rescued a seven-month-old
baby girl who was reported abducted from her grandmother's home in Air
Itam here Thursday after arresting a senior citizen believed to have
bought the child.
Penang Criminal Investigation Department chief, SAC Mazlan Kesah said police, acting on a tip-off, arrested the baby's 'buyer', a 60-year-old man in Balik Pulau, Friday afternoon.
He said the baby was reportedly abducted by two women at about 3pm when they visited the baby's grandmother's house in Air Itam on the pretext of taking the baby to play.
"The grandmother allowed them to take the baby because she knew one of the women, aged 43 years, but the grandmother began to suspect something was amiss when the two women did not return after 30 minutes," he told reporters, in George Town.
"The grandmother then attempted to contact the suspect but did not get an answer and she then lodged a police report at 7pm. The grandmother knew the 43-year-old suspect as they used to work together as security guards," said Mazlan.
Police then tracked her down to a house in Tanjong Tokong and arrested her. She told the police that she had sold the baby to an elderly man for RM3,000.
He added that police were tracking down all the suspects involved in the case.
In another development, Mazlan said police arrested three men believed to be 'transporters' for a syndicate that brought in 38 Myanmar and Bangladesh nationals in Seberang Perai Utara, last week.
"We've arrested 13 members of the syndicate, believed to be the largest alien smuggling syndicate in the north. The syndicate is manned by foreigners. Two of them have been charged," he said.
On Dec 1, Penang police rescued 38 Myanmar and Bangladeshi men who were in a physically weak condition because they were not being fed properly by a syndicate which brought in foreigners, in a house in Bagan Jermal, Butterworth.
Penang Criminal Investigation Department chief, SAC Mazlan Kesah said police, acting on a tip-off, arrested the baby's 'buyer', a 60-year-old man in Balik Pulau, Friday afternoon.
He said the baby was reportedly abducted by two women at about 3pm when they visited the baby's grandmother's house in Air Itam on the pretext of taking the baby to play.
"The grandmother allowed them to take the baby because she knew one of the women, aged 43 years, but the grandmother began to suspect something was amiss when the two women did not return after 30 minutes," he told reporters, in George Town.
"The grandmother then attempted to contact the suspect but did not get an answer and she then lodged a police report at 7pm. The grandmother knew the 43-year-old suspect as they used to work together as security guards," said Mazlan.
Police then tracked her down to a house in Tanjong Tokong and arrested her. She told the police that she had sold the baby to an elderly man for RM3,000.
He added that police were tracking down all the suspects involved in the case.
In another development, Mazlan said police arrested three men believed to be 'transporters' for a syndicate that brought in 38 Myanmar and Bangladesh nationals in Seberang Perai Utara, last week.
"We've arrested 13 members of the syndicate, believed to be the largest alien smuggling syndicate in the north. The syndicate is manned by foreigners. Two of them have been charged," he said.
On Dec 1, Penang police rescued 38 Myanmar and Bangladeshi men who were in a physically weak condition because they were not being fed properly by a syndicate which brought in foreigners, in a house in Bagan Jermal, Butterworth.
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