Man arrested for gun possesion in Sifnos

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A 48-year-old antheral was arrested connected Tuesday connected the land of Sifnos aft constabulary discovered a ample cache of weapons and ammunition. He has been charged with amerciable possession of firearms and ammunition.

Authorities conducted searches astatine the man’s residence, business, arsenic well arsenic successful its auxiliary-storage areas, where a Kalashnikov-type combat firearm with two magazines, a revolver, a pen-type pistol, 4 hunting rifles, three airguns, 494 military-grade cartridges, 446 firearm cartridges, 20 hunting cartridges, 9 knives, two bayonets, two silencers, accessories for combat rifles, a nine and 252,480 euros were found.

The amerciable weapons, cartridges and different grounds recovered were confiscated. The firearms will beryllium sent for forensic laboratory tests to beryllium carried retired by the police.

The suspect will beryllium taken to the Syros Prosecutor’s Office.