GRENADE, ARMS FOUND IN PENANG HOME
Hundreds of live bullets also found at home, raided by police for the second time
POLICE seized a hand grenade, pistols and hundreds of live bullets from a double-storey house in Taman Bukit Indah here on Sunday.
The house was last raided in December when police uncovered a drug processing laboratory and seized more than RM700,000 worth of ecstasy pills.
The drug discovery was made after the house owner revealed that his tenant had disappeared after leaving the house vacant for six months.
The same house owner led police on the latest raid at 2.40pm on Sunday and a report was lodged after the ammunition and weapons were discovered.
“The items were kept in a room on the first floor.
“After more than an hour of searching, police found more than 349 live bullets and pistols inside the headboard (of a bed).
“A further search led to the discovery of an active hand grenade,” said Seberang Prai Tengah district police chief Assistant Commissioner Nik Ros Azhan Nik Abd Hamid.
He said the items seized include a United States-made M61 hand grenade, a Smith & Wesson (Magnum) pistol, a home-made pistol, two silencers, a laser shooter, bullet shells and casings.
Nik Ros Azhan said live bullets included 42 Thai ARM .38 SPL live bullets, 50 black Thai ARM bullets, 50 Thai ARM live bullets and 39 PMC .38 live bullets.
“The tenant is a 42-year-old man with a criminal record for 16 drug offences.”
The case is being investigated under Section 8A of the Firearms Act 1960 and Section 8 of the Firearms Act (Increased Penalty) 1971.
He said the grenade would be detonated by the Bomb Disposal Unit today.