Sihanoukville Man Arrested for Using Illegal Weapons

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Sihanoukville Man Arrested for Using Illegal Weapons

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Sihanoukville province, Cambodia News: A Cambodia farmer, Eng Rotha, 48-years-old, was arrested on November 21, 2018, in Sre Chamleu village, Prey Nup district, Sihanoukville, for using illegal weapons.

The police confiscated an AK47 rifle, a magazine with 74 bullets, a snapper gun, and two military uniforms. On November 23, 2018, the Sihanoukville Royal Gendermarie prepared the suspect's case to appear in court on charges of detention and use of illegal weapons.
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A snapper gun............ used for shooting snapper?...... so he is a fisherman?
A pocket full of marbles too. Maybe they missed his shangi.......... =@
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nice hunting rifle
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Arget wrote: Sat Nov 24, 2018 1:08 pm
A pocket full of marbles too. Maybe they missed his shangi.......... =@
The "marbles" are cherry bombs often used for fishing. They are made with repurposed explosives from UXO.
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Real modern weapons for a change.
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What is a 'snapper' gun, exactly?

Edit: ok, so I've just seen what could be .22 cal rounds and mag in photo, so a snapper gun is a .22 LR?
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Maybe a Sniper instead Snapper gun?
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A snapper gun is a specialist sniper gun used by people with impaired language skills.
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