Gun-Smuggling Ring Busted

The Guardia Civil arrested 16 people involved in a gun-smuggling gang who allegedly supplied drug-runners with firearms.

AND Gun-Smuggling Ring BustedTwo of the arrests took place in Málaga Airport when these suspects returned from trips abroad.

The police had search warrants for twelve locations within the provinces of Málaga and Granada which turned up 14 assault rifles of 300 AAC Blackout calibre (also known as 7.62×35mm) and ammunition for them.

Those arrested acquired the weapons through front companies with licences to purchase firearms, in order to divert them to drug-running gangs for three times their normal market price.

Police Operation Brutale was launched after the Intervención de Armas belonging to the Guardia Civil in Málaga noticed suspicious transactions in the purchase of new firearms and alerted the Servicio de Información de la Guardia Civil so that it could be investigated

(News/Noticias: Granada/Malaga, Andalucia)

 

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