KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 -- Six men, including a senior police officer, have been detained over a series of armed robberies that targeted wealthy foreign nationals, resulting in estimated losses of RM4.4 million.

According to The Star, the heists involved suspects impersonating police officers to gain access to victims' homes.

Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Fadil Marsus said the victims were two Chinese nationals - a man and a woman - and an Indonesian woman, aged between 29 and 52. The robberies took place in Kepong on April 5 between 5.30am and 7.30am.

"One of the suspects allegedly threatened the victims with an object resembling a pistol," Fadil said, describing the group's method of operation.

During the incidents, the suspects rep...