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Handgun found in bin at Soekarno-Hatta airport
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Soekarno Hatta Airport Police have secured a firearm found by a cleaner at an overnight parking lot of the airport on Wednesday morning. (Shutterstock/File)
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oekarno Hatta Airport Police have secured a firearm found by a cleaner at an overnight parking lot of the airport on Wednesday morning.
“The firearm is a Russian-made Makarov handgun,” Soekarno Hatta Airport Police chief Adj. Sr. Comr. Victor Togi Tambunan said, as reported by kompas.com.
He said the cleaning service worker of PT Angkasa Pura Solusi (APS), Suhardi, 45, had been cleaning areas E30 and F30 of the parking lot on Wednesday morning when he found a heavy object among the trash he collected from the bin.
“Suhardi felt there was something heavy in the trash, and it turned out to be a firearm wrapped in a plastic bag,” Victor said.
He said Suhardi immediately reported the discovery to an airport security guard, who in turn reported it to airport police.
He said the officers confiscated the 7.65-millimeter gun, which had the serial number YA 2871 issued in 1972.
“We are investigating to find the owner of the handgun,” he said. (ami)
