Foreigner arrested with grade 3 military bullets at JKIA
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) police arrests a foreigner in possession of military-grade bullets
Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) police arrests a foreigner in possession of military-grade bullets.
The incident happened on Wednesday, according to the police, after the foreigner
reported to be from Ghana was found with three 9mm bullets
According to police report, the passage was enroute to Dubai when the bullets were discovered in his luggage.
Officials from JKIA screening promptly alerted the officers who took him in for questioning.
Preliminary investigations revealed that the individual obtained the rounds locally, prompting police to investigate the source of the ammunition.
In addition, officers from the elite Anti-Terror Police Unit (ATPU) were also called in to profile the man.
It is yet to be clear whether the foreigner had a gun on him at the time of the arrest.
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However, he is still being held by detectives who are seeking to establish the source of the guns and the motive for planning to have the bullets on the plane.
“A probe is ongoing to establish the source of the bullets,” police stated.
The 9mm ammunition is mostly used for combat or self-defence operations by military organisations all over the world.
Following his arrest, the man faces seven years imprisonment.
“If the firearm concerned is a prohibited weapon of a type specified in paragraph (b) of the definition of that term contained in section 2 or the ammunition is ammunition for use in any such firearm be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than seven years and not more than fifteen years.
“If the firearm is any other type or the ammunition for any weapon not being a prohibited weapon be liable to imprisonment for a term of not less than five, but not exceeding ten years,” read the Firearms Act in part.
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