Couple nabbed over firearms


Seized weapons: SDC Ahmad (middle) showing the firearms recovered from a luxury yacht during the press conference.

ALOR SETAR: Police have arrested a South African man and a Thai woman for having seven Italian-made Benelli Agro rifles and several hundred rounds of ammunition on board a luxury yacht at the Kuah Jetty in Langkawi.

Kedah police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim said a police team raided the vessel and recovered the firearms at about 12.30pm on Thursday following a tip-off.

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