Smashed – IS cell with arms cache


Pulling ’em in: (From top to bottom) Officers from the Bukit Aman Counter Terrorism Division arresting a 41-year-old man in Penang, a 32-year-old factory technician in Johor and a 26-year-old student at the KL International Airport.

KUALA LUMPUR: An Islamic State (IS) terror cell has been smuggling weapons in from southern Thailand and stockpiling them for about a year to prepare for attacks on home soil and abroad.

The cell, based in Kelantan, was exposed when police arrested six people in a nationwide swoop.

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