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Detainee escapes from Bayan Lepas police station

Penang police are tracking down a male detainee who escaped from the Bayan Baru Police Station central lockup near here at midnight yesterday (April 26).

Penang police chief Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the fugitive, identified as Azizi Mohammad Hassan, 33, was arrested for drug offences on April 20 and escaped from the lock-up at about midnight.

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