SUNGAI PETANI: Police seized an Uzi machine gun and hundreds of bullets together with eight packets of heroin from a man who was arrested in Kuala Muda last night.

In the 7.30pm incident, policemen who were on their crime prevention rounds came across the suspect who was driving a Proton Wira Aeroback in suspicious manner.

According to sources, the 30-year-old from Padang Besar was arrested after being chased for about a kilometre from Jalan Hospital heading to Jalan Badlishah in front of the Kuala Muda district police headquarters.

“The suspect drove off and knocked into two cars. He tried to escape but the police fired several shots puncturing his tyres forcing him to stop.

“ He was then arrested and brought to the Kuala Muda district police headquarters,” said a source.

-NST