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Friday, 20 May 2016 - 12:00

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Cops stumble on Kalashnikov during missing girls investigation

The police discovered numerous firearms and hard drugs in a home in the Tilburg neighborhood of Korvel on Thursday while searching for two missing minors. According to the police, they had concrete information that the missing girls may be in the home. Officers searched the home and found no sign of the girls. What they did find was a Kalashnikov with ammunition. A further search revealed more firearms, including a revolver and an air-pistol, as well as a large quantity of hard drugs. The 19-year-old occupant of the home was arrested. The weapons and drugs were seized.

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