Cops detect five more suspects, arrest ten in casino chips theft

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Police have tracked down five local men including the mastermind in the RM4.6mil casino chips heist at Genting Highlands on Oct 28, believed to be the largest chips robbery in the highland resort.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/bdf4vsmn  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00 Police said they had detained 10 suspects, including a Chinese national, in connection

00:08 with the RM4.6 million casino chip heist in Kenting Highland.

00:13 Pahang Police Chief Datuk Sri Yaya Oman said they raided various locations in Kenting Highlands,

00:19 Raub, Kuala Lumpur and Nilai from October 29 to November 1 and arrested the suspects

00:25 aged between 30 and 59.

00:28 Police said they also tracked down five local men, including the mastermind.

00:33 They are aged between 39 and 51.

00:36 In what was believed to be the largest casino chips robbery at the resort, the theft of

00:40 1,160 casino chips kept in a special casino room was discovered at 10am on October 28

00:48 by the casino management.

00:50 Police said closed-circuit television recording showed two men breaking into the casino room

00:55 at 7am after entering through the back door which was used as an emergency exit.

01:01 They said one of the arrested suspects had work at the casino and another suspect is

01:05 believed to be a regular to the casino and is familiar with its surroundings.

01:10 After heist, some of the suspects cashed out the chips within 48 hours while others used

01:15 the money to gamble or used it to settle their debt.

01:18 Police said they had seized 428 chips worth close to RM3 million, while efforts to trace

01:24 the remaining 732 chips are underway.

01:27 Police said they have not released a name for the suspect.

01:28 Police said they have not released a name for the suspect.

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