Fishermen find active cannon

Fishermen find active cannon

KUPANG, East Nusa Tenggara: A cannon was snagged by a net
belonging to two fishermen from Namosain subdistrict in Alak
Kota, Kupang regency, while the two were sailing in waters near
the town.

Zet Mau, 27, and Yeskial Mau, 16, immediately reported the
finding to the nearest police post in the neighboring Nunhila
subdistrict.

"We were casting the net to catch fish when we felt something
was being caught in our net, and it was so heavy. We tried to
pull the net up and found that a canon was there," Zet said on
Tuesday.

According to local police officer Gamal Djamal, the canon
which was produced in 1940 was of type-202 with the caliber of 85
mm.

It was not immediately clear whether certain parties
intentionally planted the cannon in the water.

"Currently we are keeping it as evidence while trying to
investigate it further," Gamal said. -- JP