JOHOR BARU: Police have arrested three men and a woman on suspicion of having been involved in a road accident that claimed the life of a police constable.
The men were in the car that was speeding away while being chased by the police near Taman Daya here on Sunday.
In the 5am incident, 20-year-old Kons Nicolester Dadup Unggat was killed after the patrol car overturned along Jalan Kangkar Tebrau-Jalan Tun Teja.
His partner, 32-year-old L/Kpl Mohammad Fadhirul Musa, sustained serious injuries to the head.
Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the suspects, aged between 23 and 27, tested positive for methamphetamine and two of them have a record for drug offences.
He said they were arrested in a series of raids on Kampung Melayu Seelong in Senai and Kampung Melayu Pandan here on Sunday.
“The woman is a single mother of two and works at a factory.
“She admitted to taking drugs three days earlier with the three men, one of whom is her boyfriend,” Comm Datuk Ayob Khan said at a press conference yesterday.
He said the woman rented a Perodua Myvi from a car rental company and they used it to buy drugs. She was not in the car during the incident.
Police recovered two bottles in the car which had been modified into drug paraphernalia.
The four have been remanded until Thursday to facilitate investigations under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, Section 186 of the Penal Code and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1957.
Comm Ayob Khan reminded motorists to stop when ordered by the police instead of speeding away as that could put their lives and others at risk.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Fadhirul, who was at the wheel of the patrol car, is responding well to treatment.
He has been transferred to the normal ward at the Sultan Ismail Hospital.
The two policemen had noticed the Myvi being driven in a suspicious manner and instructed it to stop.
The driver refused to do so and ended up colliding with the police MPV, causing it to crash into a Perodua Aruz from the opposite direction.
The men were in the car that was speeding away while being chased by the police near Taman Daya here on Sunday.
In the 5am incident, 20-year-old Kons Nicolester Dadup Unggat was killed after the patrol car overturned along Jalan Kangkar Tebrau-Jalan Tun Teja.
His partner, 32-year-old L/Kpl Mohammad Fadhirul Musa, sustained serious injuries to the head.
Johor police chief Comm Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the suspects, aged between 23 and 27, tested positive for methamphetamine and two of them have a record for drug offences.
He said they were arrested in a series of raids on Kampung Melayu Seelong in Senai and Kampung Melayu Pandan here on Sunday.
“The woman is a single mother of two and works at a factory.
“She admitted to taking drugs three days earlier with the three men, one of whom is her boyfriend,” Comm Datuk Ayob Khan said at a press conference yesterday.
He said the woman rented a Perodua Myvi from a car rental company and they used it to buy drugs. She was not in the car during the incident.
Police recovered two bottles in the car which had been modified into drug paraphernalia.
The four have been remanded until Thursday to facilitate investigations under Section 41(1) of the Road Transport Act 1987, Section 186 of the Penal Code and Section 15(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1957.
Comm Ayob Khan reminded motorists to stop when ordered by the police instead of speeding away as that could put their lives and others at risk.
Meanwhile, Mohammad Fadhirul, who was at the wheel of the patrol car, is responding well to treatment.
He has been transferred to the normal ward at the Sultan Ismail Hospital.
The two policemen had noticed the Myvi being driven in a suspicious manner and instructed it to stop.
The driver refused to do so and ended up colliding with the police MPV, causing it to crash into a Perodua Aruz from the opposite direction.
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