Handguns, assault rifles, ammunition, powder ... A vast traffic in arms of all kinds, which irrigated all French territory, was dismantled by the brigade to suppress banditry.
Among those arrested within the network are two active soldiers and supporters of the ultra-right.
This is an extraordinary affair, both in terms of its volume and the organization of its network, indicates a source close to the investigation.
Vast arms trafficking, involving in particular two soldiers suspected of having sold their stocks to thugs as well as ultra-right activists, was dismantled by the brigade for the repression of banditry (BRB).
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The weapons would number in the hundreds, or by kilos, but it is impossible to know precisely for the moment: their census is still in progress.
What is certain is that the choice is vast: handguns, assault rifles, ammunition, powder ... Everything was available, and everywhere, because the network which bought and remilitarized the weapons is suspected of having irrigated all France, starting with the Paris region.
A man on file by the intelligence services
As for the profile of the people arrested, in addition to the two active soldiers, they would be retired soldiers, a young job in the police, people gravitating in the security sector as well as two sympathizers of the ultra -right, including one filed by the intelligence services.
The police officers of the BRB of the Parisian judicial police have been working for several months on this network, which relates to organized crime and which has been the subject of a judicial investigation since June.