Police Ranks in Region Seven have yet again seized two more illegal firearms during an operation conducted on Monday, March 20, 2023.
Based on information gathered, the three ranks led by a Sergeant went to a shop owned by a couple, a 38-year-old businesswoman and a 40-year-old man, in the Toroparu backdam.
Whilst at the location, the ranks conducted a search of the shop and its immediate environs and found a semi-automatic machine gun along with eleven 9mm rounds of ammunition a short distance away from the shop.
At the time of the search, the 38-year-old businesswoman and her 30-year-old brother-in-law were both questioned.
The 30-year-old man claimed that the firearm, along with the ammunition, belonged to him. He was arrested and cautioned.
Subsequently, as the ranks proceeded out of the back dam, they observed a 20-year-old miner who had a 12 Gauge shotgun with two matching cartridges.
Under caution, the 20-year-old who was apprehended, claimed that the firearm belonged to his boss – the very same 40-year-old man who owned the shop at Toroparu.
The 38-year-old businesswoman, her 30-year-old brother-in-law and the 20-year-old man, along with the two firearms, were all escorted to the Enachu Police Station.
They are presently in custody as police ranks are trying to locate the 40-year-old man.
