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Gun Runners Stole 68 Vietnam Government Pistols for Sale to China: Police
29 October 2006
Vietnam Bridge / SGGP
50 people appeared Friday in Tuyen Quang Province People's Court on charges of illegal weapons trading, drug smuggling and bribery.
Taking advantage of a careless supervisor, a storeman at a Ministry of Public Security armory managed to steal 65 K54 pistols, three K59 pistols and 82 K54 bullets from 2002 to 2004.
Nguyen Manh Duc was arrested while trying to send the stolen weapons to his accomplices to smuggle into China.
A raid on the accomplices also netted 836.8... (GunPolicy.org)