Police find illegal firearms in Riau

Fri, 06 Aug 1999, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

BATAM, Riau: East Riau Police apprehended five owners of
firearms and seized nine weapons and 26 bullets in Tanjung
Pinang, Antara reported on Thursday.

"The nine assembled guns and their bullets probably came from
Sambas in West Kalimantan," East Riau Police chief Lt. Col. Surya
Dislan said.

The alleged gun owners claimed to be plantation workers.

The seized bullets were of 5.5 and 38 caliber types as well as
35.56 caliber blank bullets. (edt)

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