DUMPED INTO SEA
CONFISCATED ARMS SOUVENIRS OF WAR (P.A.) WELLINGTON, Dec. 16. A large quantity of fire-arms, including automatic pistols, revolvers, rifles and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, were dumped in the sea by Wellington police officers yesterday. Most of the weapons were war souvenirs brought back by returning servicemen which had been confiscated by tjie police by order ot' the courts in view of the strict ban on the unlawful possession of firearms. Weapons of any service were handed over to the armed forces, but the others, after examination by an arms expert, Senior-Ser-geant Kelly, were dumped at sea.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22513, 17 December 1947, Page 8
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