A Tauranga armed offenders squad found a dozen single shot and semi-automatic rifles, long and short barrelled shotguns and pistols in a raid at a house in Pyes Pa, Bay of Plenty, early on Thursday morning.
Silencers, telescopic sights, 2000 rounds of ammunition and cannabis seeds were also found.
The discovery came days after wheelchair-bound Shayne Sime was shot dead by police after wounding a police officer in Christchurch, and weeks after Napier gunman Jan Molenaar killed police officer Len Snee and injured three others, sparking a three-day standoff.
Friday, July 03, 2009
Weapons Caches Surprise
An interesting new New Zealand problem: a very American-like problem. People are squirreling away vast arms caches, so, when they finally go postal, they go out totally ablaze:
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