Spanish police seize illegal arms cache

[LoginName]

How many of you were expecting a PSA or propaganda hit piece with the police posing behind a table with a dozen or so useless,
rusted out junk guns and/or airsoft?

Spanish Police have released striking pictures of a huge weapons haul seized from an organised crime group.

It includes over 10,000 assault rifles, machine guns, pistols, revolvers, and 400 shells and grenades.

The guns and ammunition were seized in January during an operation against firearms trafficking.

Investigators also found an illegal workshop with machinery to manipulate and reactivate weapons, near Bilbao. Five people were arrested.

Cash amounting to 80,000 euros (£70,000 / $85,000) was seized.

The operation involved counter-terror police from Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and Gerona.

Europol, which supported the investigation, said the firearms were sold in Spain, France and Belgium.

It said some of the weapons were deactivated, but did not comply with established standards.

Criminals acquired the arsenal largely through auctions and other legal channels before reactivating it.

The gang had been using a sports shop as a front for its distribution centre - which in reality sold firearms, weapon components and ammunition.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-39264664

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4313014/Anti-aircraft-machineguns-MORTARS-seized-gang.html

 

[55_grain]

Group buy?

 

[MAGG]

ho lee sh*t that is a lot of hardware

 

[Sweeney]

Lots of Cetme L. I wonder if more kits will appear at APEX.

 

[MisterHappy]

Nice start.

 

[LoginName]

Lots of Cetme L. I wonder if more kits will appear at APEX.

Only if APEX is selling manhole covers or peace memorials.

 

[alan226]

Allright, we can call THAT an arms cache.

 

[42!]

OK, that one the press can call an arsenal.

 

[enbloc]

Time to update the CMP Charter...

 

[MAGA99]

Boi-oi-oi-oing!!!!!

Criminals acquired the arsenal largely through auctions and other legal channels before reactivating it.

If they were obtained legally, what's the issue?? Oh, socialism.

 

[MAGA99]

OK, that one the press can call an arsenal.

That's not an arsenal. That's not even a truckload of firearms. THAT is a Fing BOATLOAD of firearms!

 

[Maninblue1861]

lots of historical heavy mg's destined to be melted down now...

 

[JayMcB]

Yeah, that's an arsenal....and if I had that many, I might be done buying....at least for a while.

 

[Evadd]

I feel like such an amateur.

 

[amm5061]

Yeah, that's an arsenal....and if I had that many, I might be done buying....at least for a while.

Amateurs, the lot of ya!

 

[slap shot]

that guy said he'd sell those here then he took em all to B&K!

 

[DrBurnsides]

Is that an mg34? How much would that be worth here?

 

[1919FAN]

Looks like something from man from uncle

 

[1919FAN]

Looks like something from man from uncle , pretty brave and stupid having all those ordnance rounds standing on end.

 

[spt_1955]

Am I the only one with an erection?

 

[EC1]

wonder if they'll have any luck tracing them?

 

[Wrench75]

It's OK. I still have 2 more caches they haven't found yet.

 

[TOY539]

That's not an arsenal. That's not even a truckload of firearms. THAT is a Fing BOATLOAD of firearms!

Think we're gonna need a bigger boat!

 

[Zeo]

Their PD don't need a "budget" for weapon purchase.

 

[mac1911]

85k? We been buying guns in the wrong country.
I will take a pallet of mausers.

Or did they seize 85k

 

[DarthRevan]

85k? We been buying guns in the wrong country.
I will take a pallet of mausers.

Or did they seize 85k

I believe 85k in addition to all the guns.

 

[mclina]

When you have enough guns to build Lincoln-Log forts out of, you almost have enough guns.

 

[rudiewhitebwoy]

Am I the only one with an erection?

No, It'd be weird if you didn't

 

[45collector]

I wonder how long it took to set all that up for the photo shoot.

 

[Horrible]

Now, THAT is a weapons Cache!! Not the shotgun, rifle and two handguns with 4 boxes of ammo laid on a kitchen table like the local media usually covers!