Ten people, including two active soldiers, were arrested and taken into police custody Tuesday in an investigation into a vast arms trafficking in France, said Wednesday, January 13 of judicial sources close to the case, confirming information from
TF1
.
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This crackdown was ordered by Parisian examining magistrates charged since June 25, 2020 with a judicial investigation for "
acquisition, possession, transfer, transport of weapons of categories A and B in meeting
" and "
association of criminals
", Specified the judicial source. The network is suspected of supplying arms to drug traffickers and ultra-right wing supporters, sources familiar with the matter said.