Four escaped Puspen inmates rearrested in Sungai Siput
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KUALA LUMPUR: The National Anti-Drugs Agency (Nada) has confirmed that four inmates who escaped from the Perlop Narcotics Addiction Rehabilitation Centre (Puspen) in Perak on July 24 have been rearrested.
From the original report
Nada director-general Datuk Ruslin Jusoh said all four were detained in the Sungai Siput district with the assistance of police and local villagers.
Following the arrests, he dismissed a viral message claiming that the escapees were in the Bandar Baru Bangi area in Selangor and posed a danger to the public.
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