A man involved in armed robberies and 16 criminal records was killed in a shootout with police in Machang Bubok early this morning.

Penang police chief Khaw Kok Chin said a team from the Serious Crime Division (D9) noticed a driver behaving suspiciously in a Proton X70 vehicle headed towards Sungai Lembu at about 12.35am.

“They instructed the driver to stop, but...