Police shoot tyres to halt drug suspect's car in Johor Baru

The Star

A man's attempt to escape the police with 296g of drugs ended abruptly when officers shot his car tyres during a pursuit in Johor Baru.  State police chief Comm Datuk M. Kumar said the 27-year-old suspect was apprehended by patrol officers in the car park of an apartment on Jalan Dato Abdullah Tahir around 6.50pm on Wednesday (Oct 16).  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2emdf49w  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Peace and prosperity to us all.

00:04The police have confirmed the incident.

00:08They have released 13 gunmen.

00:12Last night, around 6.50pm,

00:17during a patrol by the MPV,

00:20they found this car, or the person who drove this car,

00:23in a state of shock.

00:25So we were almost in front of the Twin Galaxies.

00:29We asked him to stop.

00:32When he saw the police approaching the police car,

00:34he ran away.

00:37When he got to the parking lot of the Twin Galaxies, he stopped.

00:42The police thought he had stopped, so we got closer to stop him.

00:46He saw us get out, so he braked.

00:49When we got back out, he braked three cars.

00:52The car below.

00:54Against the traffic, he braked three cars.

00:55When he didn't let go, he reversed and braked again.

01:00So the police had to take action to neutralise the situation

01:05by releasing three gunshots towards the tyre.

01:09And it hit the tyre, so the car couldn't move anymore.

01:13The suspect, who was a local resident, has been arrested.

01:18The results of the examination found less than 296 grams of heroin.

01:28Other than that, the results of the test for high blood pressure,

01:32at first, it was positive.

01:35And also, he had 16 charges.

01:39Crimes and drugs.

01:40Crimes and drugs cases.

01:42Crimes and drugs records. 16.

01:45We detained him for further investigation.

01:48So there was only one person in the car?

01:50Yes, only one person. A local resident.

01:52How old was he?

01:5427 years old.

01:5627 years old.

01:57No injuries, right?

01:58No.

02:00But the car that he braked, three of them were injured.

02:03So we asked the people involved to make a police report.

02:07Investigation of attempted murder cases.

02:11Drug use.

02:12Driving with drugs.

02:14Drug influence.

02:15Driving with drug influence.

02:17I applaud the actions of MPW,

02:23who managed to shoot the tire to neutralize the situation.

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