A man seen holding an object resembling a pistol while chasing a car in a viral social media video is believed to be a police officer carrying out a special anti-drug operation in Kuala Lumpur.
The incident happened at about 6.30pm on Saturday along Jalan Sultan Salahuddin during Op Tapis Khas, involving officers from the Dang Wangi district police headquarters’ Narcotics Criminal Investigation Division.
Dang Wangi police chief Assistant Commissioner Ahmad Azwan Amin Nordin said the officers had spotted a black Honda Accord behaving suspiciously.
He said that when police approached the vehicle to conduct an inspection, the driver allegedly drove recklessly and rammed into a blue Honda City in an attempt to escape.
Police later managed to locate the Honda Accord again at the Jalan Sultan Salahuddin intersection and began pursuing it at about 6.40pm.
Two men subsequently got out of the vehicle and fled on foot.
An initial inspection of the Honda Accord found no illegal items, Ahmad Azwan said, adding that police were now tracking down both men to assist with further investigations.
Earlier, a one-minute-and-13-second video uploaded to Threads went viral, showing the incident at a traffic-light junction while the signal was red.
The footage showed a man holding an object resembling a pistol as he chased a car through the intersection.
