The man, who was found with six guns and 200 bullets, arrived from the United Arab Emirates at Kuala Lumpur International Airport on March 12 using a fake French passport, Inspector General of Police Razarudin Husain told a news conference. on Friday.
Razarudin said the suspect handed over his Israeli passport during police interrogation.
Razarudin said police were investigating whether the person may very well be a member of Israeli intelligence, although the suspect told authorities he had come to Malaysia to search out one other Israeli citizen over a family dispute.
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“However, we do not fully trust this narrative because we suspect that there may be another plan,” Razarudin said, adding that the detained man moved between several hotels during his stay in Malaysia.
Police are also investigating how the suspect obtained the weapon, which was purchased in Malaysia and paid for with cryptocurrency, Razarudin said.
In 2018, a Palestinian scientist was shot dead within the Malaysian capital by two unidentified men in an assassination that the Hamas militant group suggested was carried out by Israel’s Mossad intelligence service. Israel denied the allegations.
