Guns and ammo seized off Penang waters

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Police have thwarted what they believe to be an international arms smuggling operation.  Two boats carrying a significant weapons cache, including military-grade firearms, were intercepted by marine police about one nautical mile southwest of Sungai Perai, during a Chinese New Year special operation.  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Penang police have thwarted what they believe to be an international arms smuggling operation.

00:11Marine police intercepted two boats carrying a significant weapons cache including military

00:16grade firearms about one nautical mile southwest of Sungai Perai during a Chinese New Year

00:22special operation.

00:24State Police Chief Commissioner Datuk Hamzah Ahmad told a press conference on Tuesday that

00:29four suspects, including two Indonesian nationals, were arrested.

00:34The weapons seized include an M4 carbine rifle, a lighter variant of the M16 assault rifle,

00:41along with multiple handguns from well-known manufacturers SIG Sauer, Glock and Smith & Wesson.

00:49Police also recovered hundreds of rounds of ammunition and high-tech communication equipment,

00:54including a satellite phone.

00:56Commissioner Hamzah said it appeared to be the syndicate's first attempted operation

00:59in Malaysia.

01:01The suspects allegedly rented the boats locally, planning to sell the weapons to potential

01:05buyers for criminal activities or possible terrorism.

01:09Police also seized over 4,000 ringgit, two boats and passports belonging to the Indonesian

01:15suspects.

01:16All four men, aged between 22 and 57, will remain in custody until Feb. 3 while investigations

01:24continue under the Firearms Act.

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