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MIRI: A father and his two sons have been detained for manufacturing firearms near the Sarawak-Brunei border.

Police raided their kampung house, located across the Baram River some 35km north of the city, on Tuesday and found an “assembly plant” making shotguns and bullets.

Police seized three shotguns and at least six cartridges and components to make the weapons from the house,

Miri police chief Asst Comm Jamaluddin Ibrahim confirmed the arrests of the father, in his 60s, and the sons, one who is in his 20s and the other in his 30s.

“We want to find out what they were doing with the weapons. We have classified the case as possession of firearms,” he said.

Asked if the family was making shotguns and bullets for sale or for their own use, he said police were investigating all possibilities.

The weapons have been sent for tests.

That's got to be eyebrow-raising.