A retiredneighbor Barcelona, accumulated over the years illegal arsenal related to 196 firearmsmost of them, because they are fatal, Forbidden for citizens. Only the army or security forces can destroy considered weapons. fight or automatic ignition in Spain. But this man had machine guns, assault rifles and also dozens of rifles and pistols, some great historical valueused in war-like conflicts such as civil war or world wars.
an individual with collector’s license You may keep weapons of war in your home as long as they are in accordance with the law. disabled. That is, they are weapons that are no longer possible to shoot. The problem in this case is that the retired neighbor over 60 who was arrested bought them unused, but knew how to rehabilitate them. And he had created one in his house secret workshop that he has all the tools he needs to get them to shoot again.
Retired too They made their own ammo, because he couldn’t buy bullets for guns he couldn’t legally own, and best of all, many of the calibers required by such older rifles or pistols are no longer available on the legal market. had produced More than 15,000 cartridges ready to be fired.
historical weapons
One of the oldest items the suspect has, ‘pointed’ shotgun, a patented model XIX century with Casimir Lefaucheux. It is older than Lefaucheaux’s model, although some blunders or bayonet rifles, perhaps referring to banditry times or perhaps farther afield – are also forbidden because a person cannot have blade-extension firearms – have an uncertain history.
Civil Guard agents also found a house in the house of this Barcelona man, whose profession the investigators did not want to reveal. Thompson house submachine guniconic for him circle charger common in gangster movies.Eliot Ness’s Untouchablesthe same as the one who emptied the invincible Albert Finney about ‘death among flowers‘ with a robe and a cigar in his mouth.
Among the arsenal intervened, II. There are many long-barreled pistols similar to those used by soldiers in World War II, and three military machine guns that require a tripod to withstand the force of impact.
Commander Miguel Angel Quesada Olmothe arms controller has disclosed some of the investigation they will be conducting, which includes whether he intends to sell some of the guns and to clarify the origin If authenticity is confirmed, a bit of each piece is interesting.
One of the most surprising parts is the rifle Labora Fontbernat M-1938, a Catalan model produced in Olot at the beginning of the civil war. An inscription engraved on the metal still says: ‘Catalonian War Industries. ‘Fonbernat’ 1038′. Agents involved in the investigation explained at a press conference this Thursday that it is not possible to shoot with the oldest weapons, partly because old weapons such as blunders are no longer safe.
The other two detainees
The Civil Guards scrutinized this illegal arsenal as part of operation ‘Dux’, which began two years ago when information agents detected the sale of prohibited weapons on the Internet. the only person arrested. A man from Bilbao and a man from Jaén have also been arrested, and the investigation continues with residents of Madrid and a town in Vizcaya.
The detainees are charged with crimes such as arms smuggling, weapons storage, war weapons storage, ammunition storage, explosive storage and possession of illegally prohibited weapons. As for the destination of these weapons, the corpse suspects that some went to the illegal market as well as asking to collect them.
Source: Informacion
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