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Eure: an arsenal and neo-Nazi objects discovered

2021-11-23T12:11:04.693Z


Many weapons, ammunition and "objects with swastikas" were discovered last weekend in the Eure, during a ...


Many weapons, ammunition and "

objects with swastikas

" were discovered last weekend in the Eure, during a search carried out by the customs services, said the prosecutor's office in Évreux.

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The search took place in the Normandy countryside after the arrest of two 25-year-old men who had refused a customs check, said the prosecutor of Évreux Dominique Puechmaille, confirming information from the newspaper

Le Monde

. "

They were intercepted, they had weapons in their vehicle,

" said the magistrate, adding that one of the two men is a corporal in the 35th Infantry Regiment of Belfort (Territoire-de-Belfort).

But "

it is especially the searches carried out then which were interesting: there was an arsenal, a lot of ammunition and objects with swastikas

", she added.

The weapons were found in "

a cache in a hangar belonging to the grandfather of one of the two individuals

", according to Dominique Puechmaille.

The magistrate did not specify the number of weapons seized.

According to Le Monde, there were 130 weapons, including AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles, two submachine guns, handguns, two shotguns with sawn-off barrel and butt, 200 kilos of ammunition. various, grenades, five 20 mm cartridges for aircraft machine guns ...

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The two men are still in custody as part of a flagrant investigation into offenses relating to the legislation on the possession of weapons, according to the prosecution.

Source: lefigaro

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