Live ammo found in drain

Interesting news... From Malaysia's New Straits Times (www.nst.com.my)

A policeman picking up live bullets and casings found by passers-by in a drain in the Seremban Jaya housing area.

SEREMBAN: More than 1,000 rounds of live ammunition and casings were found in a drain in Phase 5 of Seremban Jaya, near Senawang, yesterday.

The find in the metre-deep drain was made at 9.20am by several passers-by who alerted the police.

Policemen collected the bullets and casings and took them to the Senawang police station.

The ammunition and casings, identified as that used in a semi-automatic weapon, were believed to have been dumped in the drain the previous night.

Police are now scrambling to check whether the ammunition was standard issue for any of the security forces in the country.

However, sources said it was likely that the ammunition was dumped in the drain by criminal elements.

A source said investigators were baffled as to why anyone would dump the ammunition, especially in a public place.

State CID chief ACP Huzir Mohamad urged witnesses to contact the nearest police station.