Two men disguised as couriers rob housewife, hide baby in barrel

Two men, disguised as courier company workers under the pretext of delivering a package, robbed a 30-year-old housewife at knifepoint in her house in Jalan Van Praagh, Jelutong, Penang last Monday.

The robbers also took the woman’s three-month-old son, gagged his mouth with a small towel before securing it with duct tape and then hid him in a barrel to force the victim to come up with cash...