JAKARTA, Aug 6 (Bernama) — Nearly 1,000 firearms and airsoft guns, along with ammunition, suspected narcotics, and pornographic video discs, were discovered in a locked room at a private school in South Jakarta.
Lawyer Hermawanto, who represents the school’s foundation, said the cache was uncovered after the school opened the locked room with assistance from the South Jakarta Metro Police.
“When we opened the room, we found weapons and narcotics inside. Today we are also filing a new police report regarding the narcotics that were discovered,” he said at the South Jakarta Metro Police headquarters on Thursday, according to Antara News Agency.
Hermawanto said the room could only be opened after the foundation sought assistance from the South Jakarta Metro Police because all the keys had remained in the possession of the former head of the foundation’s management board following his dismissal.
He later alleged that the cache had been stored by the former head of the foundation’s management board, who was dismissed on April 18 after allegedly misusing the foundation’s funds for personal gain.
He said the foundation initially found 995 firearms and airsoft guns, ammunition, and weapon accessories in the room on July 10 before discovering additional weapons, suspected marijuana and methamphetamine, as well as about 25 pornographic video discs during another search on Wednesday.
South Jakarta Metro Police confirmed receiving a public report on the discovery and said the case is undergoing investigation.
— BERNAMA