The three immigrants have been remanded further. All were in their 30s.
Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hamza Taib said an airgun was also seized following the arrests in separate locations, days after the incident that saw 46 premises damaged by the drive-by shooting spree in Kota Kinabalu and neighbouring Penampang late Jan 10 until early next day.
Hamza also declined to give more details regarding the suspects as their investigations – now dubbed Ops Cermin – were ongoing.
He said that police have reclassified the case from causing mischief and their probe was now under Section 32(2) of the Firearms Act.
Under the Act, the penalty for use and possession of firearms and imitation arms in certain cases – carried a jail term of not more than 10 years and fine upon conviction.
Police had initially suspected that the shooting spree targeting banks, hotels, supermarkets and business establishments was the work of “naughty boys”.
“This assumption was in the very early stages of our investigations but we did not rule out other possibilities,” Hamza explained.
Police had also stressed that the shootings had nothing to do with the ongoing trial of 30 individuals charged in connection with the Sulu gunmen intrusion in Lahad Datu a year ago.
by Stephanie Lee
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