TAWAU: Police seized two home-made rifles and arrested a 60-year-old man, here, on Thursday.
A team from the Sabah Criminal Investigation Department (CID) special investigation (D9) unit searched the man’s home at Kampung Kuala Merotai following a tip-off at 12.05pm.
Sabah CID Chief SAP Azmi Abd Rahim said they also seized three bullets in the operation.
“The suspect also claimed to have acquired the firearms from a man from Lawas (district in Sarawak) but could not remember the name and face,” he said.
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“This included tracking down the individual who sold the firearms to the suspect,” said Azmi.
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