Police seize pistol, live ammo, drugs in raid on guesthouse

KOTA BHARU: Police arrested a married couple and seized a Smith & Wesson pistol, 50 rounds of ammunition, one shell casing and yaba-syabu pills in a raid on a boarding house in Kampung Kubang Tuman here Monday.

Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki said in the 7.40pm raid, police also arrested two Thai men in their 30s who were with the couple.

“A search of the room uncovered a total of 132 pills suspected to be ‘yaba’. On inspection of another room, a bag was on the floor which contained 45 bullets and a plastic packet of crystal lumps suspected to be syabu,” he said at a press conference at the Kelantan Police Contingent headquarters (IPK) here yesterday.

Muhamad Zaki said following a further search on the room, police found a handgun with five bullets and one bullet casing.

“The case will be investigated in accordance with Section 39A(2) of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952, the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 and Section 8 of the Firearms Act 1960,” he said.

He also said the 32-year-old husband, suspected to be the mastermind in this group, had three drug-related records.