In the process of capturing a gang that was hacking and blowing up an ATM, police were shocked to discover M-16 assault rifle in the hands of criminals. It is believed that these weapons came from Ukraine.
As the police announced, during the arrest of three gang members, among other things, they found M-16 assault rifle. This weapons of American origin used by the US military. According to MEGA, EL.AS This is the first time that a weapon of this type has been discovered in the hands of criminals.
What impresses the authorities even more is that this weapon, despite the fact that it has a serial number, does not appear in the system database as stolen or missing.
Authorities are investigating and consider it particularly serious how the weapons ended up in the hands of criminals. In other words, what route did it take and through what hands did it pass until it arrived in Greece and ended up in the hands of a criminal group.
According to Greek media reports, authorities suspect that M-16 was sent from the territory of Ukraine by arms smugglers, as previously reported several times.
Detection M-16 became the first such find in Greece. Given ongoing reports of active arms smuggling from the war zone, authorities fear that following M-16 in Greece, heavier weapons, such as grenade launchers and air defense missiles, will arrive from Ukraine.
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