BATAM, Nov. 9 -- A 41-year-old Malaysian man has been arrested in Batam, Indonesia, after allegedly robbing a woman at gunpoint with an airsoft pistol, stealing her car and injuring a police officer while attempting to escape last Friday.

The suspect, from Melaka, allegedly threatened the 48-year-old woman with an airsoft pistol and a knife before fleeing in her Toyota Rush with valuables worth an estimated 292 million rupiah (RM73,000), Sinar Harian reported today.

Barelang Police Criminal Investigation Division chief Commissioner Tri Poerbowo said preliminary investigations found that the suspect had entered Indonesia on September 15 for a holiday but overstayed by 10 days after running out of money.

"He then planned a random robbery...