Gang leader’s brother nabbed with rifle


Lethal stash: The assault rifle and 69 rounds of ammunition were found hidden in a chicken coop in Tanjung Sepat, Kuala Langat.

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have seized an assault rifle after arresting a vegetable seller in Tanjung Sepat, Selangor.

The 35-year-old man is the brother of the dead Tiger Gang leader who was killed after a shootout with police in Salak Selatan on June 18.City police chief Comm Datuk Azmi Abu Kassim said a team from the City CID’s Serious Crimes Unit (D9) raided a house in Kampung Tumbok, Tanjung Sepat, and arrested the suspect at 9.30pm on Sunday.

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