The pistols, modeled after toy Nerf guns, were illegal under New Zealand law and had to be destroyed after Patel’s visit to Wellington in July.

Inoperable pistols gifted by Kash Patel to senior New Zealand security officials, who had to relinquish them for destruction ...

During a July visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gifted local security chiefs replica pistols that turned out to be illegal under the country’s strict gun laws, forcing police to destroy ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws ...