KEPALA BATAS: Police detained two men here and in Kedah, and seized homemade air gun and ball bearing bullets from each of them, on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off, a team of policemen nabbed a 43-year-old man, believed to have in his possession a homemade air gun, at a house in Penaga here about 12.05am.
Seberang Prai Utara police chief Assistant Commissioner Noorzainy Mohd Noor said, besides the weapon, police also seized a container with the ball bearing bullets and a compressor freezer.
"Initial probe on the suspect led to the arrest of a second man, 40, and the seizure of another homemade air gun and ball bearing bullets, at a house in Sungai Petani, Kedah about 3.20pm.
"Checks showed one of the suspects had a previous record for a drug-related offence," he said.
The case is investigated under Section 8(a) of the Arms Act 1960.
"Both the suspects have been remanded at the Butterworth magistrate's court for further probe," he added.