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PSP seizes 91 weapons in international operation coordinated by Europol

In addition to the weapons and ammunition seized, the PSP also reports that 20 criminal and administrative offense reports were drawn up.

PSP seizes 91 weapons in international operation coordinated by Europol
Notícias ao Minuto

17:00 - 29/04/24 por Notícias ao Minuto

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The Public Security Police (PSP) seized 91 weapons and 118 ammunitions, between February 19 and 23, as part of an international police operation coordinated by Europol and which aimed to seize "alarm weapons acquired without authorization and easily convertible into firearms".

In a statement released this Monday, the PSP guarantees that it "participated actively and operationally" in the 'Conversus' operation, through 84 police officers from the Weapons and Explosives Department and respective Nuclei of the PSP Territorial Commands.

In addition to the weapons and ammunition seized, the PSP also reports that 20 criminal and administrative offense reports were drawn up.

"The operation took place in 31 countries, namely Albania, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark, Slovenia, Spain, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Hungary, Kosovo, Latvia, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Norway, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, Serbia, Switzerland and Ukraine", reads the statement sent to the newsrooms.

The operation also aims to "share and analyze information related to alarm weapons, easily convertible into firearms, acquired by Portuguese citizens in the European Union". In total, the PSP has already seized, in several editions of the operation, 383 weapons. Of these, 292 were likely to be transformed into firearms.

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