KUALA LUMPUR: A Syrian man and his family have been detained over alleged possession of a "hand-grenade" spotted in a hotel room in Port Dickson.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar today said the Special Task Force on Organised Crime had picked up the five people at a hotel in Cameron Highlands and seized a lighter, a replica of a hand grenade.
"The tourists had purchased the hand grenade (lighter) near the Army Museum in Port Dickson while they were visiting," he said in his Twitter account today.
On Wednesday, an employee of a hotel in Port Dickson lodged a report when he saw an object that looked like a grenade in the tourist's bag.
Earlier when the man was checking out, the hotel employee had gone into the room for the routine check.
He saw a bag under the bed and upon opening it, saw what he thought was a grenade.