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| Malaysian Police Foil Attempt to Smuggle Firearms to West Asia |
| 2005-09-17 |
| SHAH ALAM, Sept 16 (Bernama) -- Selangor police have foiled an attempt to smuggle firearms out of the country in a ship container bound for West Asia. They seized nine firearms and 424 bullets kept in two bags hidden among home decorative items in a 20-foot container at the Customs Complex in Northport, Port Klang on Tuesday at 9.15pm. Selangor police chief Datuk Yahaya Udin said policemen from the Klang police headquarters and Selangor headquarters, headed by ASP Sapii Ahmad, checked the container after receiving a tip-off. Yahaya said the police had identified a single suspect, a foreign national, who was believed to be overseas. "For the time being, we believe there is only one suspect and we are getting Interpol's help to track the suspect down and find out the motive as well as tracing the origins of the firearms," he told a news conference Friday. The firearms include a Chinese-made Norinco Mak-90 rifle, a Stevens 311R sawn-off shotgun, three Italian-made F. Llpietta revolvers and an American-made MRSportsmen .22 Long Rifle. The others are a Ruger .357 Black Hawk revolver, a Ruger .22 semi-automatic pistol and a Sports King High Standard .22, also a semi-automatic pistol, all of which are American-made... |
| Posted by:Pappy |
| #1 9 firearms and 424 bullets, that's not "Smuggling" that's a (Small) private owner shipping to his new home. 3 .22"s, 1 7.62X39,1 shotgun, 1 .357, sounds very much like a single family's selection for home defense, plinking, and small nusance game (Shotgun=varmit gun=snake gun) I know folks who could lose that much on a move, and not notice until an inventory was taken. Hell a "Brick" of .22LR is a thousand rounds, I've probably got several thousand rounds in my closet waiting on cleaning sorting and reloading alone. (Practice makes perfect) "Acting on a tip?" sounds like a personal grudge. Methinks this guy has an enemy. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2005-09-17 23:33 |