Alor Star gangland: cops seize guns and heroin in raid

A raid on a house in Taman Anggerik, Alor Star uncovered a cache of firearms, gun parts, ammunition and drugs.

Following a tip-pff, police had placed the house under surveillance for several days before storming in. Two men and a woman, aged between 25 and 42, were arrested during the raid. 

Found on the premises were three handguns – two automatic pistols and a Wingun airsoft gas-propelled pistol – along with M16 rifle parts, 247 rounds of ammunition of various calibres and 46.5gm of heroin. 

Kedah police chief Comm Datuk Ahmad Ibrahim told The Star Online, “One of the men tried to dispose the heroin by throwing it out of the window but we managed to retrieve it later. We also found a buch of keys which led to a car parked outside. The car was searched and the firearms were found.”




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