Police find handmade gun in Gan woods
18 Feb 2015, 5:07 PM
Zaheena Rasheed
The Maldives Police Services have uncovered a handmade gun hidden in the woods of Laamu Atoll Gan Island.
The improvised firearm was found on February 12, the police said in a statement last night. No arrests have been made yet.
Gan is the largest island in the Maldives, but has a population of only 3,543 people. Large areas of the island remain uninhabited.
In Septmber 2013, two men were charged with terrorism over handmade weapons found in a Malé workshop. The Criminal Court has held a first hearing into the case, the Prosecutor General’s office confirmed today.
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