KUALA LUMPUR: Three highway patrol officers have been arrested for allegedly extorting a foreigner on the North-South Expressway.

The incident occurred on Sunday evening when a 50-year-old Middle Eastern man claimed he was stopped by a police vehicle near KM227 on the highway in Negri Sembilan.

It was learnt that the officers initially demanded RM1,000 from the man, who subsequently transferred RM250 to a bank account.

Federal Traffic Enforcement and Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Yusri Hassan Basri confirmed the arrests.

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"The suspects have been taken into custody to facilitate further investigations," he said.

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