Malaysia

Jelebu prison escapee recaptured at Kuala S’gor workshop

Two other men also nabbed, drugs seized by police

Updated 4 years ago · Published on 28 May 2022 11:23PM

Jelebu prison escapee recaptured at Kuala S’gor workshop
Kuala Selangor police chief Superintendent Ramli Kasa says 32-year-old Muhammad Syafiq Rohmat was handed over to the Jelebu district police headquarters for further action. – Pixabay pic, May 28, 2022

SHAH ALAM – A prisoner who escaped from Jelebu Prison last month was recaptured at a workshop in Assam Jawa, Kuala Selangor, on Thursday.

Kuala Selangor police chief Superintendent Ramli Kasa said 32-year-old Muhammad Syafiq Rohmat was arrested along with two other men, both 23, at about 5.30am. 

“Acting on public information, officers and personnel from the District Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division and the Kuala Selangor police station arrested three men.

“In the same arrest, the police seized eight transparent packets believed to contain heroin weighing 455.6g and two packets believed to be syabu weighing 24g.

“The value of the seized drugs is RM17,400,” he said in a statement today.

He added that Syafiq was handed over to the Jelebu district police headquarters for further action. – Bernama, May 28, 2022

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