Lecturer nabbed for unlawful use of pump gun

KOTA BHARU: A senior lecturer has been arrested for opening fire with a pump gun for which he did not have a licence, in an incident in Kampung Tasek Berangan, near Repek, Pasir Mas.

General Operations Force (GOF) 8th Battalion commanding officer Supt Muhammad Shamsuddin said the man, in his 40s, was nabbed by a GOF team on patrol near a padi field at about 3 pm yesterday.

The suspect had alighted from a Mitsubishi Pajero before shooting with the pump gun towards the direction of the padi field, he said when contacted today.

Police seized the Turkey-made pump gun, an amount of live ammunition and the car.

He said the suspect, attached to a public higher learning institution, did not have a firearm licence.

-- BERNAMA