China busts online gun-selling rings
Xinhua, December 13, 2015
Police in central China's Hubei Province have busted two criminal rings that sold guns online, local authorities announced on Saturday.
A photo of guns, bullets, bullet shells, explosives, and gun-manufacturing components seized by Police in Macheng City in Hubei Province on December 12, 2015 [Photo: Chinanews.com]
Police in Macheng City caught 13 suspects whose network spanned across 27 provinces and regions. They seized 127 guns, 20,000 bullets, 10,000 bullet shells, two kilograms of explosives and a large number of gun-manufacturing components.
Police in Qichun County caught five suspects and destroyed a gun-manufacturing den. They seized seven high pressure air rifles, 1,057 buckshots and more than 4,000 gun-manufacturing components.
China bans the manufacturing and sale of guns in order to control violent crime. Private citizens are not allowed to own guns. According to Chinese law, a person could face up to seven years of imprisonment if convicted of illegally owning a gun.
