KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities have arrested three people suspected of supplying firearms to a 36-year-old man carrying an Israeli passport, who was detained this week at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur, the police said on Saturday (Mar 29).
A general view of the city skyline including Malaysia's landmark Petronas Twin Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Feb 3, 2023. A man who arrived at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on Mar 12, 2024, was later arrested with a bag containing six handguns and 200 bullets. An Israeli passport was also found in his possession.
The suspect turned over an Israeli passport upon questioning by the police, Razarudin said, adding that the man, who has not been publicly identified, had ordered the weapons after arriving in Malaysia and paid for them with cryptocurrency. "We do not fully trust this narrative as we suspect there may be another agenda," Razarudin said, adding that the man had stayed at several hotels while in Malaysia.
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