MELAKA: Melaka police recorded 172 arrests in 24 raids targeting increasingly complex commercial crime syndicates, particularly call centre operations, between January and October this year.
State police chief Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said 20 investigation papers had led to charges being filed in court, following continued enforcement by the state Commercial Crime Investigation Department.
He said the National Scam Response Centre 997 recorded 591 investigation papers during the same period, of which 289 cases were resolved, representing a resolution rate of 48.90 per cent.
Of the cases resolved, 60 had been brought to court, 10 were classified as no further action, while 219 were classified as temporary updates.
Dzulkhairi said police had also seized RM424,766 in efforts to recover money lost by scam victims.
Of the amount seized, RM174,793.43 had been returned to victims in 49 cases, representing a recovery rate of 41.15 per cent, he said in a statement posted on the Melaka police official Facebook page.