Soldier held after pistol, ammunition and suspected ketum found at army camp

 

Man in his 30s also found with three previous criminal records, says police. AI-GENERATED IMAGE FOR ILLUSTRATION PURPOSES

KUALA LUMPUR: A soldier was arrested after he was found with a pistol, dozens of rounds of ammunition and a liquid suspected to be ketum at the parking area of an army camp here on Tuesday.

Cheras deputy police chief Superintendent Lim Chun How said the man, in his 30s, was arrested by a team from the Cheras district police headquarters' Crime Prevention and Community Safety Division at 12.42am.

"Checks found that the soldier had three previous criminal records involving two drug-related cases and one criminal case," he said in a statement this afternoon.

He said the soldier was initially remanded for five days to facilitate investigations under Section 8 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 and Section 8(a) of the Arms Act 1960.

"The suspect's remand period ended today but was extended by another five days until Oct 8," he said. - NST