Pursat police burn more than 200 homemade guns

More than 200 homemade rifles were destroyed by Pursat provincial police on Wednesday, the DIY firearms having been seized as part of a campaign spanning the past five years, provincial police chief of staff Hieng Sitha explained.

“These were a kind of homemade air gun,” he said, but noted that some “use bullets, such as those fired by AK-47s, or other improvised ammunition”.

He said the rifles had been used by local people for hunting and home protection.

“We collected the rifles by cooperating with the Forestry Administration. They arrested hunters and handed the rifles over to the courts, who then gave them to us to destroy,” he said, adding that some of the illicit arms were turned over to the police voluntarily.

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