The police have arrested four men to assist in the probe into the discovery of a paper bag containing four home-made bombs at a house in Jalan Badak Mati, Sungai Bakap, near George Town last Saturday.

Penang CID chief Mazlan Kesah said the four men, aged between 24 and 43, were arrested at a shophouse in Jalan Seri Aman, Sungai Bakap, at 2.45pm on Tuesday.  

“Based on closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera footage obtained from a nearby shop, the fingerprints on the package and statements by several parties, the police tracked the four men to the shophouse.  

“Following their arrest, the police found items believed to be used in producing home-made bombs as well as various kinds of drugs at the shophouse. The police do not rule out the possibility that they may also be members of a drug syndicate,” he told reporters in George Town today.

Last Saturday, a resident found a paper bag containing four home-made bombs at a house near a store. Three of the bombs were detonated by the Bomb Disposal Unit while one was taken to the Penang Police headquarters for investigation.  

Mazlan said the police believed that with the arrest of the four men, who did not hold permanent jobs and had past criminal records, they could solve the case.

On another matter, he said the police had arrested a 49-year-old man and his 19-year-old son as primary suspects in the murder of a teenager at a car wash in Lebuh Carnarvon in George Town on Jan 21.

“The police arrested the man yesterday while the son was arrested at Jalan Datuk Keramat at around 12.45am today. Based on investigations, three of the eight people arrested to assist in investigations were workers at the car wash while five of them were their friends,” he said.

He said investigations showed that the teenager had been accused of having stolen a generator valued at RM12,000 from the car wash.

“With the arrest of eight individuals, including the three primary suspects, we believe the case can be solved, and the police have also recovered the generator,” he said.

In the incident at 7.30pm on Wednesday, Muneeswaran, 16, an employee at the car wash was found dead with scars and bruises all over his body.     

- Bernama