Nigerian College Student Falls To Death While Fleeing Cops During Raid

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Firefighters retrieve the body of the Nigerian man who fell from the 16th floor of a condominium while attempting to evade a police raid yesterday. (JBPM pic)PETALING JAYA: A Nigerian college student is believed to have fallen to his death from the 16th floor of a condominium in Batu Uban, Gelugor, last night while attempting to escape a police raid.
The incident occurred around 6pm when the 37-year-old man’s residence was raided by Penang police’s narcotics criminal investigation department, Berita Harian reported.
Northeast district police chief Razlam Ab Hamid said the man initially opened the door during the raid but quickly shut it when he saw the police.
He said this forced the police to break down the door and arrest a man inside the unit.
“However, based on our suspicion that the man who had initially opened the door looked different to the man we detained, the police team conducted further inspection of the condo unit.
“Soon after, we discovered the man’s body lying on the lower floor,” he was quoted as saying.
“We also arrested another male suspect of the same nationality on the eighth floor of the condominium.”
Upon further inspection, Razlam said police found a stash of methamphetamine and ecstasy pills in the house.
The case has been classified as a sudden death, while the other two suspects are being investigated under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act.
Meanwhile, Jalan Perak fire and rescue station operations officer Fauzian Izzuan Abdullah, said they received a call at 9.21 pm, for a special task to retrieve the body on the second-floor corridor of the condominium.
Fauzian said six members brought down the body using a stretcher.
“The body was sent to the Penang general hospital for a post-mortem,” he added. - FMT

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