Kelantan police arrest two, seize pistols in separate raids
Kelantan police arrested two men, including a Thai citizen, and seized two pistols in separate raids in Pasir Mas on Wednesday night.
State police chief Datuk Muhammad Zaki Harun said the first seizure was made after police received a complaint about a husband and wife quarrelling in a budget hotel near Cabang Empat Salam in Pasir Mas at 2.39am.
He said police raided the place and arrested a 35-year-old man from Natathiwat, Thailand who was staying in the hotel.
“Upon inspection, police found a Norico pistol and nine 9mm bullets in a sling bag belonging to the suspect.
“The male suspected tested positive for drugs and he was found to have entered the country illegally. The police also found that the suspect’s visit here was for business purposes in Kampung Kajang, Tanah Merah,” he told a press conference at the Kelantan contingent police headquarters here yesterday.
He said the suspect has been remanded for 14 days beginning yesterday until Feb 15 to assist in the investigations for illegal possession of a firearm and immigration offences.
In another case, Muhamad Zaki said police confiscated a revolver after a team from the National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) raided and detained a man in his thirties at Kampung Kedai Menanti, Pasir Mas at 4.30am on Wednesday.
According to him, the AADK conducted the raid to apprehend the man who was a suspected drug addict.
“During the raid, the suspect struggled and tried to reach for something that was believed to be a dark-coloured pistol at the stairs of the house.
“Once the suspect was detained, the team then found a gun on the suspect after a search was made. The suspect was then taken to the Pasir Mas district police headquarters for further action.”
Muhamad Zaki said police identified the pistol as a revolver, with the words ‘Police Positive Special’ written on it, and the suspect admitted the firearm was his and that he had purchased it in Thailand in 2017 for RM2,000. — Bernama