Four face multiple charges in firearms case
By Li Qian |
March 10, 2012, Saturday
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FOUR people who are charged with manufacturing and selling thousands of gun parts worth nearly 600,000 yuan (US$95,160) to buyers in 25 provinces via the Internet stood trial in Yangzhou City of Jiangsu Province.
The gun parts they are accused of selling in 149 deals between 2010 and 2011 could be assembled into more than 200 firearms in what was called one of China's most dangerous gun-trafficking cases over the last 60 years, Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court heard.
A total of 10 dens hidden in hardware stores in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, and Zhongshan in southern Guangdong Province were busted and the seized firearms and ammunition were destroyed, the Legal Daily reported yesterday.
"I considered it was legal to process gun accessories, and most of the products shouldn't have been counted because they were substandard," the ringleader Yang Qin, a military enthusiast, said in court.
The Hubei native lured his partner Cheng Hongliang, also a military fan, into the lucrative business after they failed at running a restaurant in 2009.
"We have a good command of gun parts and planned to make a big fortune," Yang said.
The duo drew the blueprints and fooled the owners of the hardware stores in Wuhan into producing the gun parts, which were said to be fake ones used in a military game, Counter Strike, Yang said.
To attract the customers, they placed advertisements online and delivered the illegal products through logistics companies, the report said.
The network expanded to four people after Cheng's younger brother, Cheng Hongxing, and a Zhongshan native, Wu Dongqin, joined, according to the report. Cheng Hongxing offered door-to-door service to buyers and Wu helped to build the dens in Zhongshan, the report said.
"You need 30 parts to assemble a gun and a full collection of gun parts worth from 3,500 yuan to 6,000 yuan," Wu said.
Yangzhou police busted the ring in December 2010 after an eight-month investigation.
Prosecutors suggested life imprisonment for Yang because he was also charged with possessing firearms and ordering others to give false evidence. The other three may face jail terms of four years to 15 years, prosecutors said.
The court didn't announce a verdict in the trial held in February, the report said.
The gun parts they are accused of selling in 149 deals between 2010 and 2011 could be assembled into more than 200 firearms in what was called one of China's most dangerous gun-trafficking cases over the last 60 years, Yangzhou Intermediate People's Court heard.
A total of 10 dens hidden in hardware stores in Wuhan, capital of central China's Hubei Province, and Zhongshan in southern Guangdong Province were busted and the seized firearms and ammunition were destroyed, the Legal Daily reported yesterday.
"I considered it was legal to process gun accessories, and most of the products shouldn't have been counted because they were substandard," the ringleader Yang Qin, a military enthusiast, said in court.
The Hubei native lured his partner Cheng Hongliang, also a military fan, into the lucrative business after they failed at running a restaurant in 2009.
"We have a good command of gun parts and planned to make a big fortune," Yang said.
The duo drew the blueprints and fooled the owners of the hardware stores in Wuhan into producing the gun parts, which were said to be fake ones used in a military game, Counter Strike, Yang said.
To attract the customers, they placed advertisements online and delivered the illegal products through logistics companies, the report said.
The network expanded to four people after Cheng's younger brother, Cheng Hongxing, and a Zhongshan native, Wu Dongqin, joined, according to the report. Cheng Hongxing offered door-to-door service to buyers and Wu helped to build the dens in Zhongshan, the report said.
"You need 30 parts to assemble a gun and a full collection of gun parts worth from 3,500 yuan to 6,000 yuan," Wu said.
Yangzhou police busted the ring in December 2010 after an eight-month investigation.
Prosecutors suggested life imprisonment for Yang because he was also charged with possessing firearms and ordering others to give false evidence. The other three may face jail terms of four years to 15 years, prosecutors said.
The court didn't announce a verdict in the trial held in February, the report said.
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