Three men arrested, drugs, shotgun, bullets seized

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The home-made shotgun and drugs seized from the suspects.

The home-made shotgun and drugs seized from the suspects.

kch-bp120216-ga-sgasap-p3KUCHING: Three men were arrested in Sungai Asap, Belaga, on Thursday after they were found in possession of drugs, a shotgun, live bullets and other weapons.

State CID chief SAC Dev Kumar said the trio were detained around 10pm during a routine crime prevention round after they were spotted acting suspiciously at Simpang Uma Belor.

“Two MPV (mobile patrol vehicle) personnel approached a Toyota Hilux vehicle after noticing the three occupants behaving suspiciously in front of an unnumbered house.

“One of the suspects is a 36-year-old Kenyah from Baram, while the other two are Indonesians aged 32 and 40 years,” said Dev in a statement issued yesterday.

According to him, a subsequent body and vehicle search conducted by the patrol personnel uncovered a home-made shotgun, a magazine containing 11.22-calibre bullets, two shotguns cartridges, a keris, a knuckleduster along with 10 packets and 27 straw tubes containing Syabu.

The suspects, he added, were believed to be drug pushers supplying drugs to the interior areas and were currently being held pending further investigation.

“A team from the state D9 unit is now following up on the seized weapons and bullets. I would also like to congratulate the two MPV personnel from Belaga on their alertness and apprehension of the three suspects,” said Dev.