KUALA SELANGOR: A police officer has informed the Sessions Court here that he learned about the discovery of a pistol inside a black backpack during a raid at a house in Kampung Bukit Belimbing on March 29, 2024.
Inspector Wan Ibrahim Rosli, the raid officer from the Special Investigation Division (D9) of the Selangor contingent police headquarters, stated that ASP Khairulazizi Ismail notified him of the find after inspecting the boot of a white car parked outside the house.
Wan Ibrahim, 34, explained that he and a team from Bukit Aman's Criminal Investigation Department's (CID) D9 unit, led by Khairulazizi, were instructed to arrest a man, Abdul Azim Mohd Yasin, the husband of the accused, Sharifah Faraha Syed Husin, 42, in Kuala Selangor.
He mentioned that following the arrest, Abdul Azim directed them to a house in the same district for further inspection, with Sharifah Faraha following in the car, driven by a police officer.
"Upon arrival, I entered the house with Abdul Azim while ASP Khairulazizi and Sharifah conducted an inspection outside the house, specifically on the car," he said.
"I was inside the house questioning Abdul Azim regarding a case investigated by the Dang Wangi district police headquarters, as I had initially been tasked with tracing him in connection with that case," he added.
Insp Wan Ibrahim was responding to Deputy Public Prosecutor Mohamad Nor Hakimi Mohamad Rosedin on the fourth day of the trial of Sharifah Faraha, accused of possessing a pistol believed to have been supplied to an Israeli national, before Judge Nurul Mardhiah Mohammed Redza.
He stated that he was not initially involved in the discovery of the case item as he was interrogating Sharifah Faraha's husband inside the house, while Sharifah was outside with ASP Khairulazizi and several officers inspecting the car.
"At first, I wasn't involved in the inspection. However, after the discovery of the case item — the pistol — I went to look at the car and the evidence found inside one of the zippers of a black bag in the car boot," he noted.
Wan Ibrahim saw an object resembling a chrome-coloured pistol with a wooden-patterned grip inside a holster.
Sharifah Faraha is represented by lawyer Datuk Dr Mohd Radzuan Ibrahim.
On April 8, 2024, Sharifah Faraha pleaded not guilty to possessing a CZ 75 P-01 CAL.9 Luger pistol at a house in Kampung Bukit Belimbing, Kuala Selangor, at 8pm on March 29, 2024.
The charge, framed under Section 8 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971, carries a maximum 14-year jail term and not less than six strokes of the cane upon conviction.
On June 5, 2025, her husband, Abdul Azim, 44, was sentenced to 10 years in prison and six strokes of the cane by the same court after pleading guilty to his charge.
Abdul Azim was accused of being with Sharifah Faraha under circumstances that gave reasonable grounds to believe he knew she was in possession of the firearm at the same place, date, and time, under Section 9 of the same Act, which provides the same penalty.
Earlier, Israeli national Avitan Shalom was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Kajang Sessions Court on Feb 26 after pleading guilty to possessing 200 bullets and six firearms.
Avitan, 39, committed the offence in a hotel room in Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur, between 6.46pm on March 26 and 6pm on March 28 last year.
The trial continues on Oct 17. – Bernama
