Police arrested a Pakistani man and seized police uniforms worth RM4,300 in a tailor shop in Pekan Manjung, Lumut yesterday.

Manjung district police chief, ACP Tengku Mohd Zailan Tengku Ahmad Shah said the suspect, aged 34, who worked in a tailor shop which sewed uniforms for the security forces, was detained 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 in Lumut today.

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, in Lumut 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