Penang police chief Dennis Lim (left) showing some of the items seized from the scam syndicates that operated from rented houses. (Bernama pic)GEORGE TOWN: Penang police arrested 141 people, including nine locals, in 14 raids on call centres suspected of conducting various online scam operations in the state from Oct 9 to 29.
Penang police chief Dennis Lim said the state commercial crime investigation department operation involved five raids in Timur Laut district, six in Barat Daya district, and three in Seberang Perai Tengah, following intelligence gathering and surveillance.
"In the raids, police arrested 93 Chinese nationals, 29 Vietnamese, four Japanese, three Taiwanese, two Cambodians, one Myanmar national, and nine locals, all aged between 18 and 48.
