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Police admit second machine gun missing

Friday, 22 March 2024 06:30

Sig Sauer MPX

Geneva police is admitting there’s another police issue machine gun missing.

Last weekend, a café in Paquis was shot up by a 19-year-old who’d stolen the weapon from a patrol car. He’s been arrested and the gun recovered. 

But police now admit, at the time two Sig Sauer MPX submachine guns were taken – together with ammunition. The second is still on the streets. 

Internal investigations are ongoing. A police spokesman says the rules state that when automatic weapons are being transported, they should be secured within the vehicle and unloaded. 

 

 

 

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