Pistol, bullets confiscated from foreigners near Chuping border post

PADANG BESAR: A semi-automatic pistol and some live bullets have been seized from a group of foreigners who were attempting to sneak into the country.

Padang Besar district police chief ACP Mohd Shokri Abdullah said a team from 18th Battalion of the General Operations Force (GOF) were conducting an operation under "Ops Taring Wawasan Kedah/Perlis" when they spotted the group in a bush area near the C32 border control post in Chuping at about 8pm on May 10.