ARAU: Police arrested a construction worker for illegal possession of a homemade pump gun and ammunition at a rubber plantation hut in Mata Ayer here yesterday.
Arau police chief Superintendent Ahmad Mohsin Md Rodi said the 41-year-old suspect was arrested in the 11.15pm raid in Kampung Kubang Perun by a team from the state police's Criminal Investigation Department.
"The suspect was spotted behaving suspiciously in the hut, prompting the team to carry out a search before finding a homemade weapon hidden under the floor of the hut.
"The team also seized an empty water bottle containing several ball bearings suspected of being used as ammunition," he said in a statement today.
Mohsin added that the raiding team also found an air compressor from a modified refrigerator under the hut.
"We believe that the air compressor was used to increase wind pressure in the homemade weapon."
Police have obtained a three-day remand order against the suspect beginning today.
Mohsin said the suspect has no previous criminal record and an investigation is underway to establish his motive for possessing the homemade weapon.