Bukit Aman criminal investigation department director M Kumar said the man has a criminal record involving several serious offences, including murder, armed gang robbery and voluntarily causing hurt with weapons.

He said the operation to detain the 46-year-old was carried out with the assistance of Indian and Thai authorities, who arrested the suspect while he was on a flight from Chennai, India, to Bangkok, Thailand.

The suspect was subsequently brought back to Malaysia.

Kumar said an Interpol Red Notice had been issued for the man’s arrest on May 7, with the Kuala Selangor magistrates’ court also issuing a warrant for his arrest on April 17.

The suspect will be charged at the Shah Alam sessions court tomorrow with being a member of an organised crime group.

The charge under Section 130V(1) of the Penal Code carries a prison sentence of between five and 20 years upon conviction.

The arrest marks the latest development in Bukit Aman’s ongoing crackdown on Geng TR, an organised crime syndicate said to comprise Geng 08, Geng 18, Geng 21, Geng 24 and Geng 36.

Police previously said the alliance has been active since 2019 and is linked to drug trafficking, extortion, murder, arson and other violent crimes in Selangor.

In May 2024, 20 people were charged in Klang with being members of the group, and four others were charged in Kuala Selangor in October last year.