SUNGAI PETANI, Nov 27 — The police shot and injured a suspected burglar who attempted to attack them with a machete following a high-speed chase in the vicinity of the Taman Ria housing estate here today.
They also detained his four accomplices, in their 30s and 40s to facilitate investigations into house break-ins.
Kuala Muda police chief ACP Md Zukir Md Isa said the suspect with a gunshot wound on the left leg was warded at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital.
Relating the incident, he said about 9am, a police team spotted four men in a Proton Waja behaving suspiciously in front of a bank in Taman Ria.
However, upon seeing an approaching police patrol car, they were seen rushing
“The police gave chase for about 20 minutes, passing through several neighbourhoods before arriving at a village behind the SMK Datuk Bijaya Setia.
“There, a narrow road at the village blocked the suspects’ car before it rammed into a lamp post.
“At this juncture, one of the suspects tried to attack a policeman with a machete but was shot in the left thigh,” he said, adding that three other suspects were subsequently detained with help from other policemen.
He said a fifth suspect was picked up in Taman Seri Angsana near here at 12.30pm. — Bernama
