Firecracker decoy fizzles out as would-be robber nabbed

A man set off firecrackers to distract the public before attempting to rob a goldsmith outlet at a supermarket in Taman Mutiara Rini in Skudai, Johor last night.

Iskandar Puteri district police chief Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the 33-year-old local man was arrested by police at the scene after receiving a call from the public about the incident at 10pm...