Three suspects locked up at Mt Hagen Police Station cells are nursing major injuries after robbing a Chinese shop in Hagen Town.
Western Highlands Provincial Police Commander, Jacob Kamiak, said the three had recently broken into a Chinese shop next to the Best Buy Supermarket, held up the shop owner, stole one laptop, two mobile phones worth over K2,000 and walked out with K24,000 cash.
The suspects were later apprehended by the property’s landlord and his boys.
PPC Kamiak said the suspects were beaten badly then handed over to police.
The PPC said the three will be formally arrested and charged after medical examination and treatment.