Secret shipment of replica guns to Solomon Islands police by China triggers concern

Police had been criticised after reports that a shipment of arms' arrived in the country on a logging vessel from an unknown source

A shipment of replica firearms by China to Solomon Islands police has caused concern as the Pacific nation grapples with security concerns sparked by its increasingly close relationship with Beijing.

The police force had been criticised over the secrecy surrounding delivery of what a local media report called a large shipment of arms" that arrived in the country on a logging vessel earlier this month from an unknown source.