Chinese boy, 18, gets life in jail after fake guns he buys online turn out to be real
The weapons are considered real under China’s gun identification standard
An 18-year-old boy in southeastern China has been jailed for life for smuggling weapons into the country after the fake guns he bought online turned out to be real.
Liu Dawei was arrested by the Shishi customs branch in Quanzhou, Fujian province, in September 2014, the Procuratorial Daily reported.
Liu had bought 24 imitation guns from a Taiwanese seller through the internet two months earlier.
But police said 20 of the 24 guns were considered real guns.
According to China’s gun identification standard that took effect in 2008, non-standard guns which have a muzzle energy of more than 1.8 joules per square centimetre are considered real guns.
The standard before 2008 was 16 joules per sq cm.
