Three men learnt the hard way that there’s no escaping the long arm of the law despite speeding off in a car for 40 kilometres after being ordered to stop by police in Simpang Pulai yesterday.

Ipoh District police chief Asmadi Abdul Aziz said the trio, aged 21 to 26, were arrested at Jalan Chenderiang Lama in Tapah when the Toyota Avanza vehicle they were in skidded after police shot the car’s tyre.

He said that in the 11.10am incident, traffic police directed the 26-year-old to pull over for using a handphone at Jalan Sultan Nazrin Shah, Simpang Pulai in Ipoh.

“The driver instead sped of towards Gopeng and preliminary investigations found...