BBC: "The cache includes Omega 15 assault rifles, Rock River LAR guns, and double-barrel automatic machine guns which were displayed to journalists." The first two seem to be civilian non-automatic models.
at least 15 assorted riffles have been discovered so far. “But those 15 weapons if you get them you can destabilize this country because those are high-ferocity-powered firing weapons. We’re talking about weapons that use 20-caliber rounds, 30-caliber rounds – those are not joking weapons,” Col Sudue said. Several ammunitions were also discovered.
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During the search of the consignee’s home (Boye Baker) in Brewersville, more weapons were discovered in the ceiling. Also found hiding in the ceiling is a man identified as Tamba who is also in police custody.While the police have beef-up up scrutiny due to concerns as to how this ammunition have being smuggled into the country, with fear of consequences it may have on the pending elections if tough security measure is not put into place, the LNP has announced a major inspection of vehicle across the country to avoid security threats.
As part of security parole, LNP said it will remove unauthorized security features from vehicles across the country.
Thursday security seizure uncovered over ten document-preserved boxes loaded with the stock of the rifles discovered according to security sources mounted with long-range lance glasses including M203 launcher gadgets, American-made M16, and AK47, among others.
There's a bit of inconsistency in the descriptions, but the photos suggest a bit of a hodge-podge.
When the warlords agreed to disarm, I did not hear of anything like enough weapons being collected afterwards--so I assume they either were resold (unlikely) or went into hidden caches. And since logistic s are supposed to be a consideration when planning a war, a hodge-podge isn't what you want.
2 cases seem most likely.
- The weapons are for one of the criminal gangs in the city
- They are for a dealer who is supplying people in the city who are worried about those criminal gangs and want their own retainers armed to match them.
The line that grabs me, not that I can claim to understand it, is "As part of security parole, LNP said it will remove unauthorized security features from vehicles across the country"
ReplyDeletePart of me wonders what is meant by "unauthorized security features"
Me too. Since speed traps aren't a thing, and police scanners wouldn't seem very useful either (maybe that changed?), I'm left with "things that might be weapon mounts", or perhaps "armor"--though I never saw anything that led me to suspect the presence of armor in any civilian vehicles there. Maybe I just wasn't attentive.
ReplyDeleteMaybe window tints... I did see those.
"But those 15 weapons if you get them you can destabilize this country because those are high-ferocity-powered firing weapons. We’re talking about weapons that use 20-caliber rounds, 30-caliber rounds – those are not joking weapons..."
ReplyDeleteIf you can destabilize a country with 15 rifles, it might deserve to be destabilized.
The speaker's understanding of weapons is not especially deep; he sounds like some of our own politicians who are on the gun-control side. I assume he means to say that the weapons are chambered in common military rounds -- 5.56mm NATO or 7.62mm Soviet -- rather than that a '.20 caliber round' would necessarily be especially dangerous.
Agreed--the speaker's description is exceedingly sloppy, and the threat overblown--although Doe was able to overturn the government with about that many people when he killed Tolbert.
ReplyDeleteI'm guessing he was getting all worked up to show how important his job is.