Drug deal gone wrong led to murder at KL hotel, say cops

KUALA LUMPUR: A drug deal gone wrong led to the murder of a man who was found with a gunshot wound to his forehead at a hotel in Bukit Bintang on Tuesday (May 3).

City police chief Comm Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said investigations showed the victim had 13 prior records for drug, murder and kidnapping cases.

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"The majority of his prior records were for drug-related offences.

"Based on our investigations, the victim was at the hotel with three other men on Tuesday," he told reporters on Thursday (May 5).

Comm Azmi said shortly after the body was found, police from the City CID serious crimes unit (D9) arrested a 49-year-old man, who was believed to be the main suspect, at around 7.40pm on the same day.

"Based on interrogations, police arrested two other men, aged 47 and 51, at Puchong, around 7pm on Wednesday (May 4).

"Following questioning, these two suspects led us to the discovery of a.38 revolver and a semi-auto Beretta and 14 bullets," he said, adding that one of the pistols was believed to be the murder weapon.

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Comm Azmi said the pistol would be sent for ballistic analysis.

He said background checks showed the main suspect is from Johor and had seven prior drug records.

"We will apply for a remand order on the two other suspects.

"We believe the three suspects and the victim, also from Johor, had gone to the hotel to discuss a drug deal when he was shot dead," he said.

Comm Azmi said with the arrest of the three suspects and seizure of two pistols, police believed the case had been solved.