GUNS IN POLICE KEPT PRIVATE

The district commander of the Mozambican Police (PRM) in the district of Nacala Porto, northern province of Nampula, is arrested for allowing illegal entry and storage facilities in the Local control of the corporation, weapons of war outside.The material in question consists of 62 automatic weapons (like AK 47, G3 and FN), 8,465 ammunition and two binoculars, belonging to various operators of boats are moored in the port of Nacala. Police believe that the operators used this material to protect themselves from pirate attacks in the Indian Ocean, but this was not the knowledge of autoridades.As Mozambican authorities had no information on this or on the movement of weapons in the country belonging to operators vessels, much less on the use of police facilities to store such material bélico.O district commander, only identified as Arnaldo, personally negotiated with the operators of vessels to pass the store that war material on the premises of District Command, a business that was touted by a Zimbabwean company name GDI Consultores.Arnaldo did this work with their subordinates four agents, all now held, and in return were paid by checks issued by the nominal GDI Consultants. A check with the highest value was 300 thousand Meticais ($ 10,700), but there are many other values ​​such as 20,000, 15,000 Meticais, among others that were issued from time to time. "We believe this unusual occurrence is happening over a few months, since last year, an act totally hidden from the Provincial Command and General Command," said the spokesman of the General Command of the PRM, Pedro Cossa, speaking today in Maputo, imprensa.Neste moment, besides the master and four agents of the PRM, are also arrested two Zimbabwean citizens GDI Consultants and a company representative load of goods Mocargo.A Police said they were investigating more about this case, a when it was also created a team responsible for verifying all over the country, if there are other situations like that. Commander Arnold found himself working in Nacala Porto two years ago.