LAHAD DATU, April 9 — A suspected drug distributor died after his car crashed while he was fleeing a police operation on Jalan POIC here yesterday. Lahad Datu district police...
LAHAD DATU, April 9 — A suspected drug distributor died after his car crashed while he was fleeing a police operation on Jalan POIC here yesterday.
Lahad Datu district police chief ACP Rohan Shah Ahmah said the 28-year-old suspect had tried to ram two policemen conducting the Op Tapis at about 11.45am. “The suspect aggressively reversed his car and tried to run down a policeman, before making a U-turn and driving against traffic in a bid to hit another policeman.
“Acting in self-defence, the policeman fired a shot at the suspect’s car. The car moved at high speed and crashed at a roundabout about 400 metres away,” he said in a statement today. He said the suspect died at the scene.He had five previous convictions for drug-related offences and was wanted for commercial crime cases. — Bernama
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