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An team from the Criminal Investigation Bureau yesterday arrested five members of the group in Taichung city and county. They also confiscated over 1,000 rounds of various kinds of modified ammunition together with a large batch of modified lathe tools. Police said all members of the group are around 20 years old, which makes it the youngest group modifying and selling guns in Taiwan.
Wang obtained modifying techniques for making guns more powerful by searching the Internet at various Internet cafes. The group's firearms and ammunition are the most popular among criminals in central and southern Taiwan.
Police say that the group's firearms have made their way to schools in the Taichung area. Some vendors who sell pornographic and pirated CD's at nightmarkets near schools also sell firearms. Ammunition is being sold directly at roadside stalls.
He tested the guns at night in remote mountain areas around Taichung before he sold them to criminal groups in the area at prices ranging from NT$30,000 to NT$50,000 together with ammunition. A ring of robbers that were caught by police in August were in possession of eight guns modified by Yang and his group. Police estimate that the group has sold over 30 guns, along with ammunition, for a total of several million dollars.
In related news, a veterinarian on Shihtung Road in the Tienmu area of Taipei was arrested on Wednesday evening on suspicion of modifying firearms and ammunition for using the hospital's surgery equipment. Police confiscated three modified handguns, ammunition and a small amount of marijuana. The man, Kan Chia-ming (甘家銘), said that he had modified the guns to shoot bats in the mountains and that he was not involved in any criminal activity.
Police said that Kan had purchased three model handguns which he had modified using a drill usually used for applying steel screws to broken bones, among other tools.
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