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Illegal Weapons: No Smoking Guns

More criminals using automatic firearms, but police clueless as to how or where they come from

The Sunday Times Sri Lanka

29 October 2017

By By Sandun Jayawardana and Kasun Warakapitiya

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…Criminals are also modifying weapons and producing new ones.

A suspect arrested for an armed robbery of Rs 3.1 million from a private company in Horana last May, was found with a pistol modified to fire T56 bullets. Illicit small arms 'factories' which are manufacturing such weapons have become a major irritant to police…

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