Hijacked trailer found

MALACCA: A hijacked trailer, which was transporting RM80, 000 worth of paint, was recovered some 30 minutes after the driver lodged a police report at the Ayer Keroh police station here. The goods were being transported from Negeri Sembilan to Johor. The driver, Abdul Hamid Samsure, 35, along with a co-driver Mohd Hazri Hadi, 29, had started their journey late Wednesday night. "As we were resting at the Machap rest area in Johor around 5am in the morning, four men armed with parangs and metal rods broke the window on the driver's side and put a parang to Hazri's neck. "They told us not to fight back and then tied up out hands and legs and covered our faces with some of our extra clothes that were in the trailer," said Abdul Hamid when met here yesterday. The two of them were left by the roadside some 500m from the Ayer Keroh rest area. They immediately freed themselves from the bindings and alerted the Ayer Keroh police station at around 9.30am. Shortly after 10am, the trailer, along with the 20 tonnes of paint was found at the Malim Jaya Industrial Area. Malacca CID chief Asst Comm Frederick Liso Senap said two men, aged 48 and 31, have been detained to assist in investigations.