Firearms and ammo seized off Penang coast


Gunrunners foiled: Comm Hamzah holding a M4 automatic rifle while other police officials display additional firearms that were seized in the operation. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Six guns, including a M4 Carbine CAL rifle, and a large cache of ammunition were seized from two boats off the coast of Penang, and police believed they have foiled an international arms smuggling syndicate.

Four men, two of them Indonesian nationals, were arrested after the boats were intercepted by marine police about one nautical mile southwest of Sungai Perai during a Chinese New Year special ops.

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