Sabah cops seize two home-made rifles, ammunition in Tawau man’s house


The firearms and ammunition that were seized from the suspect.

KOTA KINABALU: Police seized two home-made rifles after arresting a 60-year-old man in Sabah’s east coast Tawau district.

A team from the Sabah Criminal Investigation Department (CID) special investigation (D9) unit searched the man’s home at Kampung Kuala Merotai following a tip-off at 12.05pm on Thursday (Jan 11).

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