Kota Kinabalu: A robber and his girlfriend were arrested after using a stolen credit card to pay for a hotel room in Tanjung Aru, last Wednesday.

Police seized a fake pistol, a switchblade and a chain from them.

Deputy city police chief Superintendent M. Chandra said a third accomplice was still at large.

"The arrests followed a police report lodged by a 48-year-old businessman, who was robbed at his residence in Inanam last Wednesday, at 2.30am,” he said yesterday.

"Later that morning, the victim was informed by a bank that his credit card had been used to pay for a hotel room in Tanjung Aru."

With the information, police arrested the two suspects, the 25-year-old robber and his 21-year-old girlfriend, at the hotel.

Source: New Straits Times