KUALA LUMPUR: Israeli man Shalom Avitan arrived at the court complex here, at 8.10am, under heavy security by balaclava clad armed policemen.
Dressed in a black T-shirt and beige khakis, the 38-year-old man, who was believed to be an Israeli agent, was brought in via police's Black Maria vehicle.
The handcuffed man will be brought to the court to face a charge before magistrate S. Mageswary at 9am.
He was escorted by officers from the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department to the lock-up area within the court compound.
Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain was also present.
Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain had yesterday said the Israeli man who was arrested with six guns and 200 bullets in his possession at a hotel in March will be charged in court today.
On March 27, he was detained at a hotel in Jalan Ampang here.
He was found with six handguns, including a Glock 19 Marine, Glock 17 Gen 4, Smith and Wesson, Sig Sauer and Stoeger, along with 200 rounds of ammunition.
Investigations found Avitan entered the country on March 12 via a flight from the United Arab Emirates using a French passport. He is believed to have come to Malaysia to kill the head of a rival criminal family.
Subsequently, police arrested a husband and wife, aged 42 and 40, at a Ramadan bazaar in Kuala Selangor on March 29, who were suspected of selling the firearms to Avitan.
The couple, Sharifah Faraha Syed Husin, 41, and her husband Abdul Azim Mohd Yasin, 43, was charged at the Klang Sessions Court last Friday.
On April 6, Razarudin said eight more individuals, including three foreigners, were detained in separate two-day operations from Apr 4 conducted in the city and Johor to facilitate the investigations.
The detainees comprised five local men, two Turkish nationals, and one Georgian man, aged between 29 and 60, who were remanded for a week from the date of their arrest.
Razarudin announced that the recent arrests, including the Israeli man, have brought the total to 16 individuals, who have been apprehended in cooperation with the Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department(CID), Kuala Lumpur Contingent CID, Commercial Crime Investigation Department and the Special Branch.