Border security beefed up to combat arms smuggling


KUALA LUMPUR: Police have stepped up border security measures following intelligence that several Malaysians are suspected of being involved in cross-border firearms smuggling syndicates.

Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (KDNKA) deputy director Deputy Comm Datuk Mohamad Suzrin Mohamad Rodhi said the matter came to light after a meeting with Thailand’s Region 9 Police, who shared intelligence findings on the syndicates’ activities.

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