PADANG BESAR: A police corporal went into a rage and fired M-16 rifles into the air in a bizarre incident at the Malaysia-Thai border here.

After emptying his own weapon, he snatched another rifle belonging to his colleague and repeated his act again.

The incident occurred at 5pm on Saturday when the policeman from the General Operation Force (GOF) was manning the border post.

He was quickly apprehended by his colleagues.

Padang Besar OCPD Supt Ghazali Abdul Ghani said no one was hurt in the incident.

The 34-year-old policeman, who is attached to 1st Battalion, General Operations Force (GOF) based in Ulu Kinta, Perak, was believed to be under stress, he added.

“We are still trying to find out what happened that led to the shooting,” he added.

Supt Ghazali said the corporal was arrested and handed over to the Padang Besar police for further action and has been remanded for four days.

The police also seized two M-16 rifles and three magazines.

The corporal joined a month-long operation with his squad at the Malaysia-Thailand border here and should have returned to Ulu Kinta yesterday.

Supt Ghazali said the Corporal was on rotation duty under Ops Wawasan Perlis for 30 days.