Tawau police chief ACP Awang Besar Dullah said that in the 8pm Monday incident, two policemen on patrol saw three men carrying a steel cabinet in an oil palm area and stopped the men to question them.
"However, the three men became aggressive and a scuffle ensued in which a suspects bit one of the policemen's little finger.
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