50km chase ends in police seizure of drugs
Published on: Friday, September 02, 2016
Kuala Lumpur: A 50km police chase to detain three men ended on a 'high' note near the Bandar Bukit Mahkota toll plaza in Kajang, Selangor Wednesday.Upon checking the getaway car, a police team stumbled on an assortment of drugs in a total of 32 packets.The police nabbed two of the suspected drug traffickers while the third managed to escape.
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Dang Wangi police chief ACP Zainol Samah said the packets contained heroin, syabu and ganja and the Proton Saga was believed to have been fitted with false number plates.He said the chase began from Lorong Haji Hussein, off Jalan Chow Kit at 5.15pm where the three men were spotted behaving suspiciously in the car by policemen in a patrol car."Despite an order to stop, the driver of the Proton Saga sped towards Jalan Ipoh before entering the North-South Expressway (south-bound). "The policeman later radioed the Sentul Motorcycle Patrol Unit for back-up before a chase ensued.
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"During the chase, the police had to fire several shots as the Proton Saga driver attempted to graze the motorcycles of policemen who had joined in the chase," he said when contacted here Thursday. Stay up-to-date by following Daily Express’s Telegram channel.
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Meanwhile, in BUKIT MERTAJAM, a drug addict armed with a knife tried to attack a team of policemen in a bid to escape during a raid at his house in Kubang Semang.
