Pistol-wielding officer filmed chasing fleeing car in Kuala Lumpur drug raid
A viral video of a man holding what looked like a pistol while chasing a car along Jalan Sultan Salahuddin in Kuala Lumpur showed an officer of the Dang Wangi district narcotics unit, police said. Two men fled from a black Honda Accord the team stopped to inspect, and an initial search of the empty car found no illegal items.
🇲🇾 Jalan Sultan Salahuddin, Kuala Lumpur · Malaysia
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A police officer from the Dang Wangi district narcotics criminal investigation
division, based in Kuala Lumpur, was seen on a viral video holding what appeared
to be a pistol while chasing a car along Jalan Sultan Salahuddin.[1][2]The Dang
Wangi district police chief, Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Azwan Amin Nordin,
said the team first spotted a suspicious black Honda Accord at about 6.30pm.[1]
When officers approached the car for inspection, the driver allegedly sped off
recklessly and collided with a blue Honda City while trying to escape.[1]Police found the Accord again at about 6.40pm at the Jalan Sultan Salahuddin
intersection, and two men got out and fled the scene.[1]
Ahmad Azwan said an initial inspection of the car found no illegal items, and
police were looking for the two men to assist the investigation.[1]The video,
one minute and 13 seconds long and posted on Threads, showed traffic stopped at
a red light while a man carrying the pistol-like object chased a vehicle through
the intersection, drawing questions on social media.[1]
Police said they detected the video the day after the chase and in effect
confirmed the incident had happened on Saturday.[1]
Sinar Harian reported that the pursuit happened during Op Tapis Khas, a special filtering operation, mounted by officers of the Dang Wangi district police headquarters narcotics criminal investigation division.[3]Dang Wangi district police chief Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Azwan Amin Nordin said in a statement issued on Sunday that police were still tracking down the two men who fled from the car.[3]
The articles name no cannabis or other drug in the case; that the operation concerned cannabis rests only on the narcotics division's involvement.
No quantity of any drug, and no evidence found, was reported: the police said an initial inspection of the abandoned car uncovered no illegal items.
Neither man was arrested; the articles say police were tracking them down, and no charge or court stage was reported.
The pursuit is dated only as Saturday in the 9 November article, so 7 November 2026 is inferred from the text and the publication date.
The only account is a single Malay Mail article on Yahoo News Malaysia citing Berita Harian; the Berita Harian original was not opened.
The page's one picture is a Malay Mail image used with the article whose caption gives no description of the scene, so no photo of the event is listed.
Sinar Harian records the district police chief's confirmation in a statement issued on Sunday 8 November, while the Malay Mail account dates the incident itself to Saturday only; 7 November 2026 remains inferred from the text and the publication dates.
Neither the Malay Mail page nor Sinar Harian names any cannabis or other drug, weight or arrested person, so the cannabis connection rests on the narcotics division's involvement.
The Berita Harian original cited by Malay Mail could not be opened (403 response).
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