Mandalay arrests made over some 14 knife-point robberies of motorcyclists' phones and bikes

Those who slashed motorcycle riders with knives and robbed phones and motorcycles in about 14 incidents in Mandalay have been arrested

November 10

A gang that slashed motorcycle riders with knives and robbed phones and motorcycles in about 14 incidents in Mandalay city was arrested on November 4, it is learned.

In October, two men riding a motorcycle were intercepted by a group of about six men on about three motorcycles near the Denko fuel station at the Shan Kalay Kyun junction on the Sagaing-Mandalay riverbank road, where they were surrounded and slashed with knives they had brought, and their motorcycle and a Redmi Note 13 phone were robbed and taken away, according to reports.

Similarly, in October, Ko Toe Tak Oo and two friends were riding a HONDA CLICK-125 motorcycle when, between 22nd Street and 60th and 62nd Streets, three men arrived on a motorcycle, stopped their motorcycle, slashed Ko Toe Tak Oo with a long knife and rode off with the motorcycle, it is learned.

Continuing, after receiving reports that a man had been robbed of his motorcycle in the alley near Manaw Ramman night market at 63rd Street and 43rd Street in Maha Aungmyay Township, a search and cordon was carried out, and Nyi Naing (23) and Kyaw Khaing Lin (18) were arrested along with a Scoopy motorcycle at 120th Street and 62nd Street, and according to interrogation, three others—Thant Min Khant, Aung Myo Oo and Wai Phyo Aung—confessed to having committed the robberies, it is said.

In addition, Aye Aung Win (35), who bought and received the items obtained from the robberies, was also arrested, it is said.

It is learned that there were more cases committed in October than in September 2026, and although only about 7 cases had been opened, according to the investigation there were about 14 robbery cases in total, and a total of six people—including the five perpetrators and the receiver of the items—have been arrested, it is learned.

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