Two men who used the lorry they were in to crash into a police vehicle during an escape attempt were arrested in Kampung Belat, Kubur Panjang near Pendang, about 20km from Alor Star in Kedah, yesterday.

Kedah police chief Kamarul Zaman Mamat said that prior to the incident, the two suspects, who were in a lorry, were being chased by a police team from Gerik, Perak, before it entered Baling, Sik and then Pendang...