Overview
- Police in Asturias arrested five people in a probe into an illicit gun‑making and trafficking ring known as Operation STORAGES.
- Nine court‑approved searches in Gijón and Oviedo followed, and a judge later sent the suspected ringleader to provisional prison.
- Officers seized 53 firearms, including a submachine gun, about 9,000 cartridges, powder, key gun parts, disguised cane pistols and sword canes, and €10,000.
- The suspect used a storage unit in Gijón’s Laviada as a covert workshop with a lathe and welding gear to build and alter guns and to reload and sell ammunition illegally.
- Police also found amphorae, Roman coins, and other pieces that may be part of Spain’s cultural heritage, and their origin is under review.