Share Story
Send to KindleRelated News
Police bust gun-smuggling ring, seizing 6,990 guns
By Li Qian |
November 16, 2011, Wednesday
|
Online Edition
Online Edition
AN illegal firearms production and trafficking ring has been destroyed by railway police in Kunming, capital of southwest China's Yunnan Province. Police seized 84 ring members and 6,990 guns, Chinanews.com reported today.
Back in late March, police discovered three imitation guns during a routine luggage check at a train station in Kunming and succeeded to track down an underground gun-trading ring. Within four months they confiscated 1,612 lethal guns and 5,378 imitation guns.
In a joint raid that began on June 16, police arrested gun and bullet manufacturers in Kunming and caught dealers and some buyers in Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and Henan provinces. One ring leader escaped but surrendered to police a month later.
It was a close-knit gun-trading network. They had underground workshops and smuggling channels and sold firearms to buyers through the Internet.
China's law bans anyone from making and selling firearms, otherwise, they will face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, the report said.
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2011/11-15/3462188.shtml
Back in late March, police discovered three imitation guns during a routine luggage check at a train station in Kunming and succeeded to track down an underground gun-trading ring. Within four months they confiscated 1,612 lethal guns and 5,378 imitation guns.
In a joint raid that began on June 16, police arrested gun and bullet manufacturers in Kunming and caught dealers and some buyers in Fujian, Guangdong, Guizhou and Henan provinces. One ring leader escaped but surrendered to police a month later.
It was a close-knit gun-trading network. They had underground workshops and smuggling channels and sold firearms to buyers through the Internet.
China's law bans anyone from making and selling firearms, otherwise, they will face a maximum punishment of life imprisonment, the report said.
http://www.chinanews.com/fz/2011/11-15/3462188.shtml
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 沪ICP证：沪ICP备05050403号-1
- |
- 互联网新闻信息服务许可证：31120180004
- |
- 网络视听许可证：0909346
- |
- 广播电视节目制作许可证：沪字第354号
- |
- 增值电信业务经营许可证：沪B2-20120012
Copyright © 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
