Wanted man held for having firearm

KUANTAN: A wanted man and two others have been arrested by police for having a revolver and three fake pistols.

Pahang police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said that a team from the state Narcotics CID had been monitoring a food stall at Pekan Sri Jaya, Maran, at about 12.05am on Saturday.

During the surveillance, a suspect came in a car and went to the stall before he was joined by two others at 12.45am, said DCP Shari­fuddin.

“When our policemen identified themselves, one of the suspects acted aggressively and there was a struggle before all three were arrested.

“Upon inspecting the suspect’s car, we found a plastic bag containing a loaded revol­ver wrapped in a towel,” he told reporters at the state police headquarters here yesterday.

He added that there were four bullets in the gun and another one in the front passenger seat.

Police also confiscated RM2,000.

DCP Sharifuddin said the suspect then led the police to his house at Bukit Kampung Sri Jaya, where three fake guns were found hidden in a gap between a bed and a wall.

He added that the suspects, aged between 36 and 51, hailed from Pahang and Penang.

“One of them is on our wanted list for drug-related offences while another had six pre­vious criminal records.

“All three have been remanded for a week to be investigated under Section 8 of the Fire­­-arms (Increased Penalties) Act1971,” said DCP Sharifuddin.