Soldiers seize homemade M-16

Tue, 24 Feb 1998, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

SAMARINDA, East Kalimantan: Soldiers here seized a homemade
rifle shaped like the U.S.-made M-16 and arrested a retired
police officer and his accomplice, Antara reported yesterday.

Lt. Col. Sudjatmoko, the Bontang military commander, said the
47-year-old retired officer he refused to name claimed to have
obtained the rifle from a friend.

The suspect told soldiers on patrol who caught him brandishing
the rifle while riding a motorcycle with his friend that he used
it for hunting.

Sudjatmoko said that when the suspect realized he was being
followed he threw the rifle into a bush and sped away but the
soldiers managed to catch up with him. (pan)

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