Police in Auki have confiscated a homemade firearm while a high power rifle still at large after the arrest of a 58-year-old male suspect at Kwikwisi village in the highlands of West Kwara’ae on 6 March 2024.
The arrest and confiscation of the homemade weapon was made possible after police received a tip from the community that the suspect had been manufacturing kwaso (homebrew) and was armed with an automatic rifle (SR88) in his community.
Provincial Police Commander (PPC) Malaita Province, Superintendent Leslie Kili said the police raided the suspect’s home and confiscated a homemade gun but did not locate the automatic rifle.
