Police seize rifle, bullets in Papar villager’s car


Caught red-handed: The driver, who was arrested and handcuffed, showing police the home-made rifle and bullets in his car.

KOTA KINABALU: Police seized a home-made rifle and 10 bullets after intercepting a vehicle driven by a local villager along the Kawang stretch of the Pan Borneo Highway in Papar, about 40km from here.

Papar district police chief Supt Kamaruddin Ambo Sakka said the driver of the car, a 41-year-old man, was arrested for further investigations.

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