Five police officers from the Seberang Perai Tengah mobile patrol vehicle (MPV) unit were detained in connection with an extortion case involving a factory worker in Permatang Tinggi yesterday.

Penang police chief Khaw Kok Chin said the officers, aged between 24 and 48, were arrested at 11.15pm yesterday in Bukit Mertajam following a report lodged by a 27-year-old man, who allegedly paid RM4,500 to the suspects.

He said the factory worker claimed to be driving when he was...