The police shot dead two men, high on their  'wanted list' for murder, attempted murder and drug trafficking during a  shootout at a house in Pasir Puteh yesterday.
 
A police inspector, corporal and a lance corporal sustained gunshot wounds in  the leg, hand and abdomen.
   

The dead were identified as Hatim Mohd Zain, 25, of Kampung Padang Lati Hilir,  Bachok and Mohamad Hafiz Saupi, also 25, of Kampung Marak, Kota Baru. 

   

Two pistols - Compact CZ 75D Semi Auto and .38 Special Taurus - were found on the dead men who had been staying at the house for the past two months.

The exchange of gunfire between the law and the lawless occurred when a team  from the Kelantan Narcotics Crime Investigation Department raided the house in  Kampung Banggol Telipot at 4.15am.

  
Bukit Aman CID director Datuk Seri Mohmad Salleh ( left ) said during the raid, two  gunmen began firing at the police team a total of seven times before the police  returned fire and killed them.
   

"With the elimination of the two gunmen, we believe we have solved two  murders, three attempted murder cases and drug-related cases in the state," he  told a media conference at the Kelantan police contingent headquarters in Kota Baru.

   

Mohmad said the injured policemen were treated at the University Sains  Malaysia Hospital, Kubang Kerian.

Their condition was reported to be stable.

- Bernama