More than 10,000 assault rifles, 400 howitzers, shells, grenades, and anti-aerial machine guns — likely intended for sale to terrorists and criminals — have been seized in a joint raid by Spanish police and Europol. The Spanish National Police, in cooperation with Europol, arrested five people in connection with the illegal cache, and claim that the weapons were bought legally, primarily from military groups auctioning off aging armaments. LONDON — When a gunman killed four people at a Jewish museum in Brussels in 2014, police in Spain launched an effort to reduce the number of illegal firearms circulating in Europe. Huge firearms depot seized during operation Portu with Spanish @policia now revealed https://www.europol.europa.eu/newsroom/news/huge-firearms-depot-seized-during-operation-portu-now-revealed …#firearms #EU #arms Five people have been arrested and €80,000 ($85,000) seized along with the weapons, Spanish police reported.
Europol reports a total of more than 10,000 assault rifles and 400 shelling weapons were seized in northern Spain during an anti-trafficking operation in January.