At least our crooks are semi-smart...

Police are investigating the recent KLIA heist where four gunmen took just 5 mins to grab rm3.5million from 2 money changers. apparently, it went just a tad to smoothly, just more than enough to cause suspicion that it was an inside job.

1. The closed-circuit television cameras outside the Kuala Lumpur International Airport departure hall were not switched on during the shoot-out.
2. Federal Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Mohd Bakri Zinin said checks showed the CCTVs were switched on again after the five-minute shoot-out.
3. The 4 gunmen went about their task calmly, without fear of being caught, and without masks as well..
   

well, at least this shows good planning if nothing else. unlike some others...

True Stories of Some of the Dumbest Crooks on Earth:

Kentucky (where else?): Two men tried to pull the front off acash machine by running a chain from the machine to the bumper oftheir pickup truck. Instead of pulling the front panel off themachine, though, they pulled the bumper off their truck. Scared,they left the scene and drove home. With the chain still attachedto the machine. With their bumper still attached to the chain. Withtheir vehicle's license plate still attached to the bumper.

South Carolina: A man walked into a local police station, dropped abag of cocaine on the counter, informed the desk sergeant that itwas substandard cut, and asked that the person who sold it to himbe arrested immediately.

Indiana: A man walked up to a cashier at a grocery store anddemanded all the money in the register. When the cashier handed himthe loot, he fled--leaving his wallet on the counter.

England: A German "tourist," supposedly on a golf holiday, shows upat customs with his golf bag. While making idle chatter about golf,the customs official realizes that the tourist does not know what a"handicap" is. The customs official asks the tourist to demonstratehis swing, which he does--backward! A substantial amount of narcoticswas found in the golf bag.

Germany: Oil of Olay no longer turning the trick for her, a womandecided that she would bathe in the milk of a camel (a modern-dayCleopatra). So she stole a camel from the local zoo (where *else*can you find a camel when you need one?) and transported it backto her house--where she realized that the camel's name was "Otto."

Arizona: A company called "Guns For Hire" stages gunfights forWestern movies, etc. One day, they received a call from a 47-year-old woman, who wanted to have her husband killed. She got 4-1/2years in jail.

Texas: A man convicted of robbery worked out a deal to pay $9600in damages rather than serve a prison sentence. For payment, heprovided the court a check--a *forged* check. He got 10 years.

(Location Unknown): A man went into a drug store, pulled a gun,announced a robbery, and pulled a Hefty-bag face mask over hishead--and realized that he'd forgotten to cut eyeholes in the mask.

(Location Unknown): A man successfully broke into a bank after hoursand stole--are you ready for this?--the bank's video camera. Whileit was recording. Remotely. (That is, the videotape recorder waslocated elsewhere in the bank, so he didn't get the videotape ofhimself stealing the camera.)

(Location Unknown): A man successfully broke into a bank's basementthrough a street-level window, cutting himself up pretty badly inthe process. He then realized that (1) he could not get to themoney from where he was, (2) he could not climb back out the windowthrough which he had entered, and (3) he was bleeding pretty badly.So he located a phone and dialed "911" for help ...

Virginia: Two men in a pickup truck went to a new-home site to steal a refrigerator. Banging up walls, floors, etc., they snatched arefrigerator from one of the houses, and loaded it onto the pickup.The truck promptly got stuck in the mud, so these brain surgeonsdecided that the refrigerator was too heavy. Banging up *more* walls, floors, etc., they put the refrigerator BACK into the house,and returned to the pickup truck, only to realize that they locked the keys in the truck--so they abandoned it.

(Location Unknown): A man walked into a Circle-K (a conveniencestore similar to a 7-11), put a $20 bill on the counter and askedfor change. When the clerk opened the cash drawer, the man pulleda gun and asked for all the cash in the register, which the clerkpromptly provided. The man took the cash from the clerk and fled--leaving the $20 bill on the counter. The total amount of cash he got from the drawer? Fifteen dollars.

* this post does not mean i actually support robberies or what-nots. it just means i'm glad our people have brains... at least compared to the above..