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JAKARTA - A home factory in the manufacturing of homemade firearms (senpi) was raided by the Rafflesia Task Force of the Bengkulu Police. Hundreds of illegal firearms were confiscated as evidence. The Head of Public Relations of the Bengkulu Police, Kombes Anuardi, said the raids were carried out based on information from the public that there was a production house for the manufacture of illegal firearms in Talang Jawi Village, Kaur Regency, Bengkulu.

"One suspect with the initials AM (52), the owner of the production house for the manufacture of illegal firearms, has been arrested. Suspect AM has been operating for 10 years since 2012," he said in an official statement received by VOI, Wednesday, April 5.

In the action, AM, who is good at assembling firearms, can create AK47-like rifles with the same classification. From AM's arrest, the police managed to develop cases and arrested buyers of homemade rifles with the initials HA (47) and RO (38).

Suspect AM received ammunition from North Bengkulu Regency. Two other suspects with the initials SU (38) and SR (45) were also arrested for being involved in selling illegal ammunition.

The Bengkulu Police appealed to the people of Kaur, who had firearms, to immediately hand them over to the police. The appeal was conveyed by a joint team consisting of the Kaur Police, Sat Brimob Polda and Densus 88.

"There are 102 illegal homemade firearms consisting of 95 illegal long-barreled rifles and 7 illegal firearms confiscated as evidence," he said.


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