IPOH (BERNAMA) – Malaysian police were forced to fire three shots at a car before arresting three suspected members of a luxury car theft syndicate during a 20-kilometre chase from Ipoh to Batu Gajah on Wednesday.
Perak Police Chief Datuk Azizi Mat Aris said the incident occurred at about 4am when three policemen on patrol at the Taman Soon Choon area spotted a vehicle being driven in a suspicious manner and approached it.
“However, the car sped away towards the Gopeng toll plaza when approached by the police before it stopped after crashing into the boom barrier at the plaza, and, in reverse gear and at high speed, rammed into the police car which was trailing behind.
“This forced the police to fire three shots to stop the car before it came to a halt at Jalan Siputeh, Batu Gajah,” he said at a dinner between the Perak Police Chief and the media.
He said the suspects, aged between 34 and 47 attempted to flee but was apprehended by the police after a struggle.
The police have obtained an order to remand the suspects for four days since Wednesday for investigation.
