GEORGE TOWN: A 33-year-old-man has been arrested for injuring a policeman with a butcher knife here.
Penang police chief Comm Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the suspect was arrested at 3.40am on Wednesday (March 1) at a condominium near Lengkok Angsana, Ayer Itam.
"Police confiscated the knife used by the suspect as well as 30 plastic bags containing heroin weighing about 210g," he said during a press conference at Penang Hospital here on Wednesday (March 1).
Comm Mohd Shuhaily said the incident happened on at about midnight Tuesday (Feb 28).
He said the 29-year-old victim, who is from Bandar Baru police station, was with his partner on a crime prevention patrol in Ayer Itam.
He said the victim and his partner saw the suspect making a U-turn after spotting a roadblock in front of him.
Comm Mohd Shuhaily said the victim and his partner then followed and stopped the suspect.
"The suspect admitted that he did not have a licence.
"However, after further checks, the suspect acted aggressively and slashed the victim with a knife which he took from a house near where he was stopped," he said.
He said the suspect, who later tested positive for drugs, left his motorcycle at the scene and tried to run away on foot but was caught at about 3.40am at a nearby condominium area.
Comm Mohd Shuhaily said the victim suffered wounds on his forehead as well as a skull fracture but was now in stable condition.
He said police would get a remand order for the suspect who has a record of four crimes.
He added that the case would be investigated under Section 307 of the Penal Code for attempted murder as well as Section 39B(1)(a) of the Dangerous Drugs Act, which carries the death penalty on conviction.
On the police sergeant who was found dead with three gunshot wounds behind the Bayan Lepas police station on Feb 19, Comm Mohd Shuhaily said the investigation found no criminal element in the case.
He said the post-mortem report was consistent with the police investigation.
The 51-year-old victim was found with gunshot wounds to his neck, chest and head.
A gun was also found next the victim.
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