Four police constables were arrested for allegedly trying to extort money from a businessman.
The man had lodged a police report on June 16, claiming he was blackmailed by a group of police personnel, said city acting police chief Senior Assistant Commisioner Datuk Amar Singh.
“The following day, police from the Sentul police district arrested four police personnel aged between 28 and 34,” SAC Amar Singh said in a statement yesterday.
The personnel have since been remanded until June 21.
He added that a 27-year-old man was also detained.
It is learnt that the businessman in his 30s was being blackmailed of several thousand ringgit by the four constables one of them a woman who had threatened to frame him for a crime he did not commit.
It is also learnt that the personnel are attached to the Sentul police district narcotics unit.
They were arrested by the same district police Criminal Investigations Unit (CID) .
Source : The Star
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