Johor Bahru Selatan police chief Raub Selamat said the 37-year-old man could help police solve five such incidents reported in the district, Bernama reported.

He said the man was arrested soon after police received a complaint from a person that he had received a threatening note and had red paint splashed on his house fence at 4am yesterday.

Police also seized two mobile phones, a white access card, key fobs, car keys, a car, a black backpack, a cap, four sheets of white paper with threatening notes, and a Singapore phone number written in red.

“In addition, a Malaysian passport, a permanent marker pen, a cloth bag, a pair of red gloves, two fake registration numbers and a plastic bottle containing red paint were seized,” Raub said in a statement today.

The case is being investigated under Section 427 of the Penal Code for committing mischief.