Some 320 firearms seized, 4 arrested in operation in Spain

Source: Xinhua| 2018-12-12 22:54:26|Editor: Mu Xuequan
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MADRID, Dec. 12 (Xinhua) -- Spanish Civil Guards have seized some 320 firearms and over 50,000 cartridges in their "largest operation against illegal weapons trafficking in recent years."

The Civil Guard website confirmed on Wednesday that "Operation GOALDE" was carried out in the Spanish capital city of Madrid and in the northern regions of Asturias and Cantabria, leading to 4 arrests from 11 separate raids.

The operation resulted in the seizure of 275 pistols and revolvers, 34 rifles and shotguns, 7 submachine guns and an AK-47 assault rifle along with three silencers, 18 kilos of gunpowder, projectiles for manufacturing home-made ammunition and tools which could be used to repairing firearms.

The Civil Guard informed that the four detainees have been charged with arms trafficking and the illegal storage of weapons and ammunition.

It said that the detainees dealt in firearms and ammunition from both Spain and abroad and sold them "to delinquents all over Spain." The weapons all had their registration numbers wiped "so they could be sold in the illegal marketplace."

The Civil Guard said that after this operation, the past 5 years have seen them arrest 295 people for arms dealing while taking 3,050 weapons and 334,300 cartridges out of circulation.

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