Chinese police crack down on gunmen online, arrests suspects and confiscated guns

Police in Harbin city in Heilongjiang province in northeastern China have arrested 24 suspects and confiscated 42 guns in a failed arms sales operation. Laws in the Internet. Xinhua reported on Tuesday, January 8, 2019.

In 2017, Chinese police were informed that a man named Ren had a gun in his hand, and during the investigation, police found another suspect, Lin, who sold gunshot wounds. Top for Ren. Lin was arrested in May 2017 and sentenced to one and seven months in October 2018.

In addition, the investigation also showed that from January to May 2017, Lin bought guns from overseas and sold 70 trees to 38 customers on Internet.

Personal gun ownership is illegal in China, which has been campaigning to crack down on guns and explosives for many years. Although Chinese authorities did not specify whether guns were sourced from foreign sources, it was from any country.