Naju Police Station in Jeonnam Loses a Box of Blank Ammunition and a Live Round

It has been revealed that two ammunition loss incidents occurred at the Naju Police Station in South Jeolla Province over the past four years, resulting in the loss of 50 blank rounds and one live round.

According to data on firearm and ammunition losses submitted by the Korean National Police Agency to Representative Park Sang-woong of the People Power Party, a member of the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee, two ammunition loss incidents took place at the Naju Police Station in 2022 and in July of this year.

On July 16, during an ammunition inventory check, it was confirmed that a box containing 50 blank rounds had gone missing.

Additionally, on October 11, 2022, it was found that a police officer on duty had lost a single live round.

The live and blank rounds lost in the two incidents have not been recovered to date, and no circumstances indicating they were leaked outside have been identified.

Holding the personnel responsible for lax management, the police issued minor disciplinary actions against the individuals in charge at the time and are currently investigating the exact circumstances of the losses.

From 2017 to the present, no other police stations in the Gwangju and South Jeolla Province region have reported cases of lost or unauthorized removal of firearms and ammunition.

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