A Japanese man who posted in his Facebook account a video of his 3-D printed guns was arrested by police.
The suspect, Yoshitomo Imura, an employee at a college, kept the plastic guns at his home in Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture.
Police had launched an investigation after Imura posted a video footage on the internet of the guns, which he claimed to have produced himself, along with blueprints for them earlier this year. They searched Imura's home last month and were able to seize five guns, two of which could fire real bullets, the sources said.
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Imura said he was unaware that having a 3d-printed gun in possession is illegal.
This is the first time that Japan's firearm control law has been applied for the possession of guns which were produced by a 3D printer.
Weapons assembled from parts produced by the printers are not detectable with regular security equipment, like those found at airports, leading to fears that they may be used in hijackings. --Source: Times of India.