Pontian cops find drugs on foreigner after brief pursuit


PONTIAN: Drugs were round on a foreigner when he was arrested after trying to evade a police patrol.

Pontian OCPD Supt Mohammad Shofee Tayib said the male suspect, who was driving a white car, refused to stop when approached by policemen at 10pm on Wednesday (June 25).

"Our men ordered him to stop but he sped off," he said.

Supt Mohammad Shofee said the suspect and a female passenger, also a foreigner, were finally intercepted at a traffic light intersection on Jalan Sungai Gurap.

He said upon inspection, police discovered two packets containing 7.94g and 0.65g of methamphetamine respectively.

"Both suspects did not possess valid travel documents nor identifications," he said in a statement on Thursday (June 26).

The case is being investigated under Section 186 of the Penal Code, Section 6(1)(c) of the Immigration Act, Section 39(A)(1) of the Dangerous Drug Act 1952 and Section 42 (1) of the Road Transport Act 1987.

 

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