DEADLY ESCAPE: The body of the suspected drug pusher being carried off by police
A suspected drug pusher fell to his death while trying to escape from the police from the seventh floor of a four-star hotel here yesterday.
Police had raided the seventh-floor room at 9.25am following a tip-off, said South Klang district police chief ACP Mohamad Mat Yusop.
He said said they arrested three suspects in the room.
"This caused a fourth suspect in a connecting room to climb out of
the bathroom window onto the ledge but he slipped and fell," he said.
The body of the 39-year-old man was found sprawled on the second floor by a hotel employee. Police found several Esctasy pills and methamphetamine on the dead man.
"The deceased had a car key and, from there, we discovered 400 grams of heroin stashed inside his Proton Saga Aeroback at the hotel parking lot," said Mohamad.
Police also seized an assortment of drugs, including Ecstasy and methamphetamine, from the suspects' hotel room.
The arrested trio, aged 30 to 50, comprised an Indonesian woman, believed to be the dead man's girlfriend, and two men — a car workshop worker and a restaurant kitchen assistant.
"We believe the gang had been distributing drugs in the Klang area for several months," said Mohamad.
The case is being investigated under Section 39B of Dangerous Drug Act 1952, which carries a mandatory death sentence upon conviction.
