ISI Warns of “Mobile Phone Guns”

[Mujahid]

Pakistani intelligence agency has warned of the danger posed by the availability of mobile phone guns in the local market.
An urgent letter from the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) agency to law-enforcement and intelligence outfits has warned of the infiltration of the sets, which appear to be normal cellular phones, and could potentially be used to assassinate key individuals.
The news has come as a shock to officials and organisations that have yet to devise a strategy to eradicate the threat.
“These guns are reportedly of European origin and look just like a normal cellular phone but can fire 4 rounds of 0.22 calibre in quick succession using just the keypad,” said an intelligence source citing details of the warning received through the ISI.
“The guns are available in Peshawar’s Karkhano Market priced at around Rs30,000 a piece. But obviously there are concerns that the supply of these guns to other parts of the country may begin any time, as the weapon is popular among those in the arms business.”
Among other threats, the spy agency sees a serious danger to the lives of senior government functionaries and political leaders. The guns, as the source said, could easily be used as a tool to target people from a very close range.
“Since the gun looks like a cellphone, there is a strong possibility that terrorists may use it in places where they cannot get through with a conventional weapon,” said the source.
The mobile phone guns are believed to have been manufactured in Yugo-slavia or Croatia. The antennae of the gutted phones function as gun barrels and the numbers 5 through 8 on the keypad work as triggers. Security experts say the cell phone guns, as well as other improvised explosive devices, can be detected by screening equipment now in use at airports internationally.

Be Careful - Mobile Phone Guns easily available in Peshawar | PakSoldiers

 

[xataxsata]

Is there any casualty from it in pakistan???????

 

[canadian icehole]

 

[Sugarcane]

Is there any casualty from it in pakistan???????

Why you guys always keep looking causalities of Pakistani? Do this give you some sort of satisfaction?

 

[Abu Zolfiqar]

anyone caught selling or these should be imprisoned for a VERY LONG time

 

[xataxsata]

Why you guys always keep looking causalities of Pakistani? Do this give you some sort of satisfaction?

why always u looks for out of context????

These toys are there for many many years but ISI issuing warning must be of some reason that it must encountered some ugly scenes, that why i have posted query.

 

[Sugarcane]

why always u looks for out of context????

These toys are there for many many years but ISI issuing warning must be of some reason that it must encountered some ugly scenes, that why i have posted query.

Purpose of Intelligence Agencies is to inform in advance, after incident every tom, dick and harry have information

 

[somebozo]

If the ISI knows these guns are available and they know the place in Peshawar where they are being sold then what is the action they are taking to seize this threat. BTW much of ingenuine weapons like these originate in Israel.