HB Case

NCD Metropolitan Police Commander Ben Turi says that while one gun is unaccounted for, another is believed to be in a soldier’s possession, and the third is with a policeman on the run it is claimed.

Turi told PNG Loop that the policeman was  identified as Steven Siski, who is a Port Moresby-based officer but has been in hiding from investigators with his weapon which is unaccounted for.

Investigators have also traced another weapon they believe to be in the possession of a soldier who is yet to be tracked down and questioned.

NCD Metropolitan Police Commander Ben Turi claimed that the policeman removed the firing pin of  the gun and replaced it with another pin that belonged to another weapon.

Turi explained that the firing pin was from an American-made rifle, a Colt Bushmaster AR15, while the body was that of Korean made K1 A1.

The Bushmaster is an official police issued weapon.

Turi explained that the firing pin is the part that will be tested that will determine if the weapon fired the bullet.

NCD Metropolitan Police Commander Ben Turi says that the unit did nothing wrong, saying they were not armed.

Turi says that the officers in the reserve unit  did not carry firearms and were wrongly blamed previously.

He set the record straight adding that the reservists are vital to help them  with manpower to keep law and order in the city.

Turi says that if they had any arms then it would be the pump action shotguns that would result in pellets being fired.