Gumi City Sanitation Worker Arrested for Stealing Shotgun from Police Substation

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Ju Cheol-in] An environmental manager affiliated with Gumi City Hall was caught by the police for stealing a hunting shotgun from a police substation.

According to the police on the 16th, A (40), an environmental manager affiliated with Gumi City Hall, was booked without detention by the Chungbuk Yeongdong police on charges of theft and illegal possession of a weapon for stealing one hunting shotgun.

It was investigated that A entered the armory around 8:30 a.m. on the 16th of last month, claiming to receive his own firearm, and came out with a firearm registered under B (41).

B visited the substation on the 22nd of the same month to receive his firearm, discovered that his gun was missing, and reported the theft, revealing A's theft activities.

A Gumi City official said, "A, who is a sanitation worker, is a public employee (formerly a fixed-term contract worker) but is not a civil servant," adding, "We plan to impose severe disciplinary action after seeing the punishment results."

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