Crime & Courts

Sepang police arrest drug-positive driver after high-speed chase

SEPANG: A man believed to have been high on drugs led police on a high-speed chase in Dengkil before he was finally apprehended.

Sepang district police chief Assistant Commissioner Wan Kamarul Azran Wan Yusof said the incident occurred at around 9.30pm on July 1.

"One of our patrol cars was making its rounds along Jalan Cyberjaya-Dengkil when it spotted a suspicious-looking Perodua Bezza car.

"Our personnel ordered the vehicle to stop but it sped off," he said in a statement on Tuesday.

He said they gave chase and followed the vehicle to Jalan Kita Impian, Cybersouth Dengkil where a collision occurred between both vehicles.

"We arrested the 29-year-old driver and checks revealed he had multiple prior records.

"The suspect also tested positive for methamphetamines, amphetamines, tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) and Benzodiazepines," he said.

He added that the case was classified under Section 186 and Section 279 of the Penal Code for obstructing a civil servant from dispensing their duties and driving a vehicle publicly rashly or negligently as to endanger human life, respectively.

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