Man threatens policemen with a knife

LARUT: A man who is suspected to be a drug trafficker and addict threatened policemen with a knife before being subdued near Selama yesterday.
The 32-year-old man was detained with nine packets of heroin and syabu weighing 71g beside the Kampung Baru Bukit Bertam-Tanjung Lengkong road.
Selama OCPD, DSP Loo Lian Lay said the man was detained by a police team from Narcotics Crime Division and CID here about 8.20am.
He said the police had ordered the suspect to surrender but he took out a knife and warned that he would stab the policemen if they approached him.
"However, policemen managed to detain the suspect following a scuffle after he refused to surrender.
"After a check on the suspect, police discovered a plastic packet believed to contain 60 grams of heroin and eight plastic packets containing syabu weighing 11 grams in the suspect's trousers pocket," he said in a statement here today.
He said police also seized a Honda Civic car valued at RM40,000 and a Yamaha 125Z motorcycle worth RM6,000.
Loo said the suspect was also found to be positive of the metahamphetamine drug and the case was being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952 and Section 39A(1) of the same act. — Bernama