CID finds weapons cache in Daun

Large-scale operation in a volcanic Eifel village, because of the suspicion of illegal arms trade officials search of detectives and state police with explosives dogs a private home. You will find guns and ammunition.

Tuesday morning in a small village between Daun and Kelberg. A large contingent of police has gathered in a local road: detective, explosives defuser from the state police, dog handlers with search dogs. What is going on here? "Investigations have led investigators to a track in the Eifel. A man from one place to act illegally is down with weapons, "says Hermann Klaus Wittlich CID officials.

At 8:30 clock the house search begins. Along with search dogs that were requested by the police headquarters in Trier, the officers entered the house of the alleged arms dealer. Indeed, in the garage of the house you will find. More than ten guns are hidden here, also cartridges.



The specialists of the Office of Criminal Investigation looking into the discoveries on site. You can assess immediately: When the guns are unregistered weapons in the cartridges to war munitions. "The man has obviously intended to sell arms among collectors," says Hermann. The 55-year-old suspect was but "neither right nor left breathed," but simply a weapons lover.

What are the detectives come to track down the man? "There was an indication that the person may have an internet platform offering illegal weapons," explains Klaus Hermann. For months, the detectives have determined Wittlich. The possession of dangerous collectibles can lead to heavy fines in Germany. "It is a violation of the War Weapons Control Act," says CID Hermann. Such an offense is punishable by up to five years in prison. "But it can also be punished with a fine. This must now decide the court. "

Detained officials have not the suspect. There is no flight risk. Where do the guns come, but do not know a cop Hermann: "This is the burning question that is yet to be answered."
 The weapons and ammunition are now examined in more detail in the Land Office in Mainz. In the Eifel district, there are 7670 registered weapons in private hands. Estimates of the number of illegal weapons are not available.

Extra:

The police searched a house in Bernkastel-Staadt (district of Trier-Saar castle) in October 2012. You can find explosives, anti-tank mines and hand grenades. A 25-year-old is said to have hoarded the dangerous substances. A robot with the explosives disposal transported to the findings of a pit. There they are broken,

Eight bars, the police discovered explosives in September 2012 during a drug raid in Wintrich (Bernkastel-Wittlich district). The material is blown up in a gravel pit in neighboring Maring-Noviand. The suspects are Mined.

Machine guns, hand grenades, 100 kg of explosives - as the powder-retired Kurt became known hoards until 2011 in a barn in the Palatine Becherbach into one of the largest illegal weapons and explosives collections that have been found in Germany. Approximately 40 kg nitroglycerin be blown up. Kurt powder is sentenced to three and a half years in prison.