The Spanish police found a large arsenal and numerous Nazi devotional objects in a blow against gunmen on the Costa del Sol.
The leaders of the gang, who are two Germans and one British, have been arrested, reports the Europa Press news agency, citing the police.
According to the police, a "museum" with Nazi uniforms, flags and other Nazi objects was found on one of the Germans who had connections to right-wing extremist circles.
In cooperation with the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) it was found that the other of the two Germans, who allegedly lived as a pensioner in Coín near Málaga, was wanted by an arrest warrant in Germany because of an arms store near Hanover.
The three arrested are accused of forming a criminal organization, smuggling weapons, ammunition and drugs, and forging documents.
Armory with assault rifles and explosives
The armory of the gang that supplied drug smugglers in southern Spain with weapons was unusually extensive.
A total of 121 pistols, 22 assault rifles, 8 submachine guns, 9,976 rounds of ammunition of different calibres, eight silencers, 273 magazines and even a grenade with one and a half kilograms of explosives were confiscated, as Europa Press writes.
The gang had bought unusable war weapons in Eastern Europe and made them functional again in a secret workshop.
The investigation began last year when more and more dangerous weapons were used in fighting between rival drug gangs in the region.
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