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A Waikiki drug suspect allegedly bit a Honolulu police officer trying to arrest the 41-year-old man yesterday, police said.
The officer was treated at a nearby hospital, police said.
Officers tried to arrest the man for suspected drug possession at 1:29 p.m. yesterday when he allegedly became combative, resisted arrest and bit one of the officers, police said.
The man was arrested for investigation of first-degree assault on a law enforcement officer, promotion of a detrimental drug, resisting arrest and a contempt warrant.
