KUALA LUMPUR: Police are probing why the Israeli nabbed for suspicion of being a spy, had six guns and 200 rounds of ammunition.
Inspector General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said this is a key question given that the suspect claimed that he was here to kill a fellow Israeli over personal reasons.
"For now, the investigation is skewed towards that. At the same time, we haven't dismissed the possibility that the suspect may have other agendas as i had stated before, namely threatening the safety of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong or the prime minister, as well as other important people.
"These are all the main focuses of our investigation," Berita Harian quoted him as saying.
Razarudin said as of now, they believe that a married Malaysian couple, aged 42 and 40, who were arrested at a Ramadan bazaar in Kuala Selangor yesterday, were responsible for supplying all six firearms to the suspect.
He said the couple were believed to have obtained the guns from a neighbouring country before selling them to the suspect via a cryptocurrency transaction.
"We are also in the midst of establishing why they had another gun in their possession," he said.
Police have to date seized six guns and arrested another man, believed to be the driver for the Israeli, in Cameron Highlands yesterday morning.
Police on Wed arrested an Israeli man, suspected of being a spy, at a hotel in Ampang.
He had entered the country via KLIA on March 12, using what was believed to be a fake French passport.
He had stayed in three different hotels before police moved in to arrest him.
During his arrest, police found six guns and 200 bullets in his possession.
Yesterday, police arrested a married couple, both Malaysian, suspected of supplying firearms to the Israeli national.
The old couple were arrested by a team of officers and members of the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at a Ramadan bazaar in Kuala Selangor, at 7.15pm last night.