We’ve all been through that phase when we were kids. That period of obsession with Nerf guns and arrows came to an abrupt end when we knocked over Mum’s expensive wine glass one fine day.
We then learned the hard lesson that the cheap Pasar Malam cane was much mightier than the Nerf gun.
However, it seems like one man had yet to learn that lesson.
Man Charged for Selling Replica Guns on Carousell & Even Tried to Hire Grab Divers to Deliver Them
On Thursday (8 Apr), Liu Huijian, 41, went on trial for the unlicensed possession of 156 guns which have the ability to discharge pellets, as well as gun components.
He also faces another two pending charges for possession of a replica gun without an import permit and for importing 158 guns.
According to the prosecutor, Liu ran a business that resold battery-operated and spring-operated guns, as well as other related accessories on the platform Carousell.
The abovementioned items are classified under the Arms and Explosives Act.
Multiple items were found in his home at Block 53, Sims Place on 16 Nov 2018. These include: nine sets of “Desert Eagle”, four sets of “M4A1”, two “M82A1” sets, three sets of “SCAR Submachine Gun” and several transparent pistols and water guns.
Tried to Hire a Grab Driver to Deliver the Gun
The first witness called to the stand was Grab driver Tan Chee Pheow. He had received a booking to send a passenger to Woodlands and had driven to Liu’s home on 16 Nov 2018.
Mr Tan said that he arrived at the location, after which someone that he believed to be a Chinese national came and knocked on the window of his car.
Mr Tan reported that the man then gave him a hard box which he claimed contained “magazines, storybooks or newspapers”, though exact details were fuzzy.
However, Mr Tan found that the box was very heavy, which aroused his suspicions and he began to worry that there might be some illegal item in the box.
Mr Tan then asked the man to open the box so that he could take a look at its contents, but the man refused. Mr Tan told the man that he would have to reject the booking, to which the man finally opened the box.
Mr Tan found an object resembling a gun inside the box, and he was convinced that it was not a toy gun. He returned the box to the man and rejected the booking before proceeding to call his company, Grab, to inform them to cancel the booking.
He also added that as a Grab driver, he could only take passengers in his vehicle. He is not supposed to deliver parcels as part of his job; there is a GrabExpress service for that specific purpose.
Not only that, the booking was a cash deal, meaning that the man should have paid him in cash first. However, the man told him that someone would claim the box at the destination in Woodlands and give him the money from there.
Later on, Mr Tan was contacted by Ang Mo Kio police station for a statement.
If found guilty of possessing guns, Liu could face imprisonment up to three years, fined up to $5,000 or both.
According to the prosecution, they would ask for four months’ jail if he pleaded guilty, but Liu refused.
Police officers and a Carousell representative are among other witnesses who will be giving evidence on the case as the trial persists, with Liu defending himself.
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