March 19 date for gun-toting local
By Rol Ezam

Bangar - The case of the 60-year-old local man who was arrested on Friday two weeks ago for having in his possession two rifles at his house in Temburong was adjourned to two months pending an expert’s report.

He will appear in the courthouse on the March 19 for further mentioned. Currently, the defendant was released on $3,000 court bail and two local sureties.

Menchok Anak Tarang, who works at the Water Pump Station with the Public Works Department in Temburong District, faces a charge of having one rifle measuring 1.33-metre long and another rifle measuring 1.18-m long at his house at No. 1143, Kampong Sumbiling Baru, Jalan Batang Duri in Temburong.

The defendant was arrested during a raid by the Bangar Police Station on his house where the officers found the rifles hidden in the ceiling of the house besides a few cartons of alcohol which were hidden in his storeroom. -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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