Police today arrested a local man, aged 31, who was found to have a pistol and live bullets without a licence at a workers’ quarters in Kota Bharu.
Gua Musang police chief Sik Choon Foo said the arrest was conducted at about 4pm by a team from the Gua Musang police headquarters’ criminal investigation department at an unnumbered workers’ quarters in the KPF Plantation area in Gua Musang.
He said police also found a black bag containing two shotguns and one homemade pistol, a red-capped plastic bottle containing 21 live shotgun shells as well as a wooden-handled sword with a wooden scabbard.
“The case is being investigated under Section 8 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, Section 8(a) of the Arms Act 1960 and Section 6(1) of the Corrosive and Explosive Substances and Dangerous Weapons Act 1958,” Bernama reported Sik as saying.
The sections mentioned refer to unlawful possession of a firearm or offensive weapons.
Sik said the public is also advised not to store or use firearms and ammunition without permission and to immediately provide information if there are suspicious activities in their respective areas.
Separately, he said a foreign man was found dead in the vicinity yesterday.
Sik said police received a report from the public at 3.30pm regarding the discovery of the body, which was found near a garden shed.
“Initial investigations found stab wounds on the victim’s neck and left chest, believed to have been caused by a sharp weapon. The body has been taken to Gua Musang Hospital’s forensic unit for a post-mortem,” he said.
Sik said the case is being investigated under Section 302 of the Penal Code for murder.
Members of the public with any information on the case are asked to contact the Gua Musang police station at 09-9121222 or the nearest police station.
