Wednesday December 6, 6:17
PM
SCDF rescue drug
addict threatening to jump from flat to escape
arrest
SINGAPORE : There was high drama in Ang Mo Kio on Tuesday morning
when a drug addict tried to escape arrest.
Anti-narcotics officers had zeroed in on him as part of an
island-wide anti-drug operation.
The man had climbed out of the kitchen window on the 7th floor of a
flat in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 4.
Eye witnesses said he threatened to jump if CNB officers got too
close to him.
"On his right hand, he was holding onto the bamboo holder, and his
body was forward 45 degrees. But we below all shouted, "No! No!
Please don't!" I also shouted "Please don't" and I said "Think of
your family, think of your family please! I beg you don't,"
described one eye witness.
Officers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force rushed to the scene
and laid out inflated mattresses below the flat.
Meanwhile, four officers embarked on a movie-like rescue from the
6th and 8th floor.
After a two-hour standoff, the man was brought safely back into his
flat and sent to the Singapore General Hospital.
The man's neighbours say he and his family had moved in a year ago
but kept mostly to themselves. - CNA /ls