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New Zealand athlete arrested in Iten over unlicensed gun, sexual assault

Zane Robertson was in March this year slapped with an 8-year ban after a New Zealand Sports Tribunal ruled that he had attempted to subvert the doping control process. [Courtesy, PhotoSport]

A New Zealand athlete has been arrested in Iten after he was found in possession of an unlicensed firearm.

Zane Robertson, 33, a New Zealand middle and long-distance athlete, was arrested on Wednesday evening after police discovered an AK-47 rifle and 23 rounds of ammunition in his house on the outskirts of Iten, Elgeyo Marakwet County.

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