Pistol and 11 bullets found during police raid in Bangsar

Police seized a Browning pistol, 11 bullets and various types of drugs from a man during a raid on an apartment in Jalan Tandok, here on Wednesday.

A police spokesman said in the 3.30am raid, the man was at home and tried to attack police with a samurai sword but he was overpowered and arrested.

"Upon checking the master bedroom in the apartment unit, the raiding team found various drugs in a brown sling bag that was hidden under the bed.

"There were 15 packets and 22 tubes of heroin, six packets of cannabis, 134 Eramin 5 pills, 27 packets of syabu and 1.5 litres of cough mixture," he said when contacted, here, today.

The spokesman said police also found a black face mask in the suspect's car.

He said the 23-year-old suspect had a number of past criminal records and had been a restricted resident in Sik, Kedah from 2009 until 2011.

The suspect is now being detained for further investigation under Section 39B of the Dangerous Drugs Act 1952.

Brickfields police chief, ACP Muhammad Azlee Abdullah confirmed the case.