Police last night arrested a man known as 'Mat Malaya' sought in connection with the shooting of an assistant mechanic last May.

The 44-year-old was detained after a police team from the Sabah Police headquarters and the Ranau Police station raided a homestay facility in Kundasang at about 10.50 pm, said Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Jalaluddin Abdul Rahman.

A 24-year-old woman was also held during the raid, he said in a statement.

"Police also seized two handphones," he added.

Mat Malaya, whose last-known address was in Shah Alam, Selangor, disappeared after he shot the right leg of a 36-year-old assistant mechanic at an car air-condition repair workshop in Jalan Tuaran.

He is believed to have fired three shots, one of which hit the victim's leg.