MARUDI: Police here believe they have solved eight house break-in cases in Bakong, Lapok and Long Lama with the arrest of three local men on Thursday morning.
Marudi district police chief DSP Jo Hang said the suspects — aged 27, 36, and 53 — were detained at two separate locations in an operation held at 7.30am.
“All three suspects were picked up at two separate longhouses at Jalan Samling, Long Lama,” he said.
During a check carried out at the first location whereby two suspects were nabbed, police discovered four shotgun gauges concealed inside a pouch bag and five dismantled motorcycles.
All suspects are being investigated under Section 8 of the Firearms Act 1960 and Section 29 (1) of the Minor Offences Act 1955, which carries a maximum fine of RM1,000 or maximum jail term of one year, or both, upon conviction.
The seized shotgun bullets discovered during the arrest. 
The suspects (standing seventh, eighth and ninth from left) have been detained during an operation held on Thursday morning. Also seem in the photo are the seized dismantled motorcycles.
