A COUPLE, trying to avoid inspection, led police on a 130km high-speed chase before being nabbed early this morning.

Johor Baru Selatan (JBS) district police chief Raub Selamat said that in the 11.30pm incident, police personnel on patrol spotted the 20-year-old man and 18-year-old woman, who were in a Proton Persona car parked at the Adda Height recreation area, behaving suspiciously.

“When they approached the vehicle, the suspects reversed the car and crashed into a police multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) before speeding off, with police in hot pursuit.

“A total of six MPVs from the JBS police headquarters and four MPVs from the Johor Baru Utara police headquarters also assisted in the chase, which ended at KM76.6 of the Johor Baru-Ayer Hitam highway where the couple was arrested,” he said in a statement today.

Raub said based on preliminary investigation, the couple are believed to have fled because they were alone in the car and shocked when they saw the police patrol car approaching them, adding that police also seized the vehicle, a mobile phone and RM168 cash.

“They have been ordered by the Johor Baru magistrates’ court to be remanded under section 117 of the Criminal Procedure Code for four days from today,” he said, adding that the case is being investigated under section 186 of the penal code and section 42 of the Road Transport Act 1987 (for driving recklessly).

Earlier, a one-minute-and-15-second video clip went viral on Facebook depicting an incident where several police patrol cars were in hot pursuit of a Proton Persona car on Jalan Skudai. – Bernama, January 18, 2023.