Suspected drug dealer shot dead

A suspected drug dealer was killed in a three-hour shoot-out while six others, including two women, were arrested at an apartment in Seri Kembangan, near here, yesterday.

Police also seized drugs and weapons, including pistols and machetes.

Kajang police chief Assistant Commissioner Abdul Rashid Abdul Wahab said in the firefight, the suspected drug dealer fired seven shots at policemen and injured one of them. The incident began about 1am.

"The shoot-out at the Flora Apartment in Taman Impian Ehsan lasted three hours. We had no choice but to open fire since he wouldn't budge and continued to shoot at us."

The man had been arrested before for alleged rape in Petaling Jaya.

A 32-year-old woman who was arrested had two previous criminal convictions related to drug offences.

All the suspects, aged between 22 and 47, tested positive for drugs.

Rashid said police seized 110g of heroin, 55g of syabu and 50g of marijuana, weapons, including a semi-automatic Glock 17 pistol and a .22 calibre revolver, as well as two cars - a BMW and a Mitsubishi Evo.

The body was sent to Serdang Hospital for a post-mortem.