The former Breton soldier illegally held around forty weapons

Rifles, pistols, homemade weapons, assault rifle magazines, large quantities of ammunition... A 74-year-old former soldier living in Port-Louis (Morbihan) was sentenced on Monday by the Lorient court. , for illegal possession of weapons, reports

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The man, who was fined 5,000 euros (half of which was suspended), had collected this small arsenal throughout his career, without ever taking any steps to request authorization.

He had stored these 37 weapons at his home, some of them in a cache, until his wife, in cold with him, denounced him.

According to the daily, “some of the weapons will be confiscated.

He is prohibited from possessing a weapon for three years and has his hunting license withdrawn for the same period.

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