Three detained for possession of over 2,000 weapons – aimnews.org

Maputo, 10 April (AIM) – Mozambican authorities arrested three individuals for alleged possession of more than two thousand weapons of various types, in the city of Beira, in the center of the country.

Among those detained are three members of the Defense and Security Forces (FDS) and a Chinese individual. The soldiers intended to sell the obsolete weapons to an iron foundry owned by the Chinese national.

According to Martinho Mucheguerre, spokesman for the Sofala Provincial Court, cited by the independent daily “O País”, the military violated military regulations that determine that obsolete weapons must be destroyed.

“We can confirm that the process was effectively initiated in this court,” he said. “Three soldiers went to the iron foundry in a vehicle belonging to the Armed Forces of Mozambique, together with a Chinese citizen, supposedly the owner of the factory, who was going to receive this obsolete military equipment”.

As it is circumstantial evidence, the process was submitted for legalization, and the defendants, currently detained at the Beira Central Prison, have already been subjected to the first interrogation.
(AIM)
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