Papua New Guinea Raises Concerns Over Arms Smuggling At Indonesian Border

BBC Monitoring Asia Pacific
February 21, 2011

Text of report by Papua New Guinea newspaper The National website on 21 February

[Article by Isaac Nicholas: 'Weapons smuggling a concern']

Western law enforcement authorities have raised concerns about arms smuggling into the province from Australia and Indonesia, saying it is a threat to national security.

Provincial Police Commander Peter Philip said his men had confiscated arms ranging from high-powered semi-automatic weapons to small arms and shotguns.