Batu Uban drug suspects under seven-day remand

GEORGE TOWN: Two drug suspects detained in a raid on Sunday (Jan 21) have been remanded for seven days.

George Town OCPD Asst Comm Razlam Ab Hamid said the two Nigerian men were remanded to help police with investigations under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Although the suspects have valid travel documents, police are still investigating their immigration status, ACP Razlam told a press conference here on Tuesday (Jan 23).

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In the 6pm incident, a Nigerian man fell to his death while trying to evade arrest during the raid on a Batu Uban condominium unit.

The other two men, believed to be accomplices of the suspected drug dealer, were arrested there.

One of them was picked up in the unit while the other was caught along the corridor on the eighth floor of the block.

The fatal fall has been classified as sudden death pending further investigation.