Pakistani arrested for selling police uniforms, badges
LUMUT: Police have arrested a Pakistani man and seized police uniforms worth RM4,300 in a tailor shop in Pekan Manjung here on Friday.
Manjung district police chief, ACP Tengku Mohd Zailan Tengku Ahmad Shah said the 34-year old suspect worked in a tailor shop that sewed uniforms for the security forces
He was detained at about 3.30pm during an inspection of the business premises.
"The suspect was found selling police gear and badges without a permit or valid licence for the past eight months.
"Among the items seized are 34 DSP and 33 ASP insignia as well as integrity badges and all other police badges," he told a media conference here on Friday.
Mohd Zailan said a 52-year-old local man had been detained on suspicion of being involved in fake immigration stamps, on January 14.
The man was arrested at his home in Taman Pegawai, Sitiawan, here and during the raid several travel documents and fake immigration stamps were found.
"We found 21 fake immigration stamps including 10 Bangunan Sultan Iskandar immigration stamps, 10 Singapore immigration stamps and a Vietnamese immigration stamp," he said, adding the suspect charged a fee of RM100 to RM300 for each immigration chop.
Mohd Zailan said police also seized 15 Vietnamese, four Malaysian and one each Bangladeshi and Thai travel documents.
Police are investigating whether the suspect was operating on his own or together with other forgery syndicates, he added. – Bernama
