KLANG: The married couple allegedly linked to Israeli Shalom Avitan has claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to a charge of firearms possession.

Abdul Azim Mohd Yasin, 43, and his wife Syarifah Faraha Syed Husin, 41 pleaded not guilty to an offence under the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971 before Sessions judge Sharifah Hascindie Syed Omar.

Syarifah was accused of illegally posessing a CZ75 P-01 CAL.9 Luger whilst the husband was accused of being aware of his wife’s possession of the illegal weapon by virtue of being with her.

No bail was offered given that the charge is a non-bailable offence.

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Sharifah Hascindie fixed June 11 for the case to be mentioned.

The couple was unrepresented while DPPs Mohammad Fakhrurrazi Ahmad Salim and Fazeedah Faik prosecuted.

Prior to this, Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Razarudin Husain said the investigation paper on the couple was opened under Section 7 of the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971.

"The case was initially investigated under the Passport Act 1966 when Avitan was arrested but our investigation revealed more serious offences.

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"He and the married couple in their early 40s are being investigated under the Firearms (Increased Penalties) Act 1971," he told a press conference in Bukit Aman on April 2.

The couple were nabbed at a Ramadan bazaar in Kuala Selangor at about 7.15pm on Friday (March 29).

The suspects then led police to their home in Kuala Selangor, where police seized another pistol kept in a sling bag.

Avitan was found with six pistols and 200 bullets on him when arrested on March 27 by a team from Bukit Aman and Kuala Lumpur CID at a hotel in Jalan Ampang.

The guns included a Sig Sauer, two Glocks and a Smith & Wesson and were found in bags belonging to the suspect in the hotel room he was staying in.