Police Secure Airsoft Gun Owner Illegal During Raids Alcohol Party In Makassar

The alleged perpetrator of the possession of an Airsoft Gun type combat initials AJ (left) when examined by investigators/ANTARA

TEAM Unit 2 Turjawali Perintis Presisi Polda South Sulawesi secured users of airsoftgun weapons similar to a commbat gun and ammunition when raiding a group of people who were partying for liquor on Jalan Da'wah, Wajo District, South Sulawesi.

"When the patrol was suspected of having a young man gathered, he was partying alcohol. When he was visited and a search was carried out, alcohol and weapons were found," said PS Panit 2 of the South Sulawesi Police Precision Pioneer Aiptu Syamsu Rizal as reported by ANTARA, Friday, May 3.

The disclosure was revealed when the team carried out routine patrols in the Wajo District area. It was seen that four youths with suspicious behavior and were immediately approached and turned out to be drinking alcohol.

During an examination accompanied by a search, members found four bottles of used alcohol at the local location. One of the suspects with the initials AJ (58) was caught carrying an airsoft gun and ammunition tucked around his waist.

When asked, unable to show the gun ownership permit, the patrol team then took them and handed them over to the Wajo Police along with evidence and two-wheeled vehicles to be followed up.

The four people, respectively, the initials AJ (58), AR (32), IS (31) and I (54) with professions as laborers and private sector. The evidence was secured by an airsoft gun and ammunition, a motorcycle, a double stick weapon and four bottles of used alcohol.

Wajo Police Chief Kompol Muhammad Idris confirmed that the precision pioneering patrol team and his team had secured four people partying alcohol and carrying weapons allegedly to be used to commit crimes.

"We found an airsoft gun in the waist, and did not have valid documents. After a brief question and answer (interrogation), the reason was that the weapon was brought to take his friend to live in a Texas area (criminal chain) on the streets," said the police chief.

However, his party did not believe it because the suspect was unable to show the letter or had the validity of the gun ownership so he was taken to the Wajo Police for further investigation.

"Meanwhile, you are still looking for regulations, and coordinating with related parties whether this is an illegal weapon or what. We are still coordinating the articles that are expected later," he said.

For this incident, his party appealed to the public who had been threatened by the alleged perpetrator to immediately report the alleged threat. The hope is that there will be police efforts to take action against the alleged perpetrators.

"If there is (the threat victim) can report it to us, so that it will be easier for us to carry out the process (legal action) against this person," he said.