By SHEILA LASIBORI
A SENIOR officer who allegedly had with him 50 rounds of bullets when he landed in Singapore from Port Moresby last July may not face any prosecution.
Assistant Police Commissioner (Crimes) Raphael Huafolo said the bullets were only found outside of PNG where they had no jurisdiction.
He said that technically, there was no evidence in the country to use against the officer.
“This is outside our (police) jurisdiction and we have no evidence. If there was evidence, then we can investigate,” he said.
The officer was alleged to have breached civil aviation regulations when he took the bullets on board the Air Niugini flight on July 12 last year.
The bullets were only discovered during a normal security check on passengers arriving at Singapore’s Changi Airport.
The officer was detained for questioning and released an hour later after some senior PNG officials reportedly stepped in.
The Singapore Civil Aviation Authority told The National then that any investigation to be carried out would be done by PNG.
The PNG Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) referred the matter to Police Commissioner Gari Baki after getting the go-ahead from the attorney-general.
CAA acting director Joseph Kintau said yesterday that they would review the case.