A new year brings about the first of January’s Underground Arms Watch installment – a look into criminally made and modified firearms seized by police and security services worldwide. Below are three Locally made pistols seized by Bengaluru City Police in [Read More…]
According to the local newspaper in Varnamo, Sweden, the Police held a press conference on the shootings and gang war there. The small town only populates about 20 000 people. At the press conference, the Police released various pictures of the illegal firearms they had [Read More…]
Police in Sussex, UK, raided a seemingly innocuous factory unit outside the small town of Hailsham. Three men have been arrested in connection with the raid for various firearms offences. The factory was officially registered as a gearbox repair business but the plain [Read More…]
In Sweden a 48 year old activist is suspected to have built a special case to house a handgun, among other illegal activities. There are some similarities with the HK MP5k suitcase (reviewed here by TFB’s Nicholas C), but the home built version pictured looks a [Read More…]
A man in Sweden has been prosecuted for 3D printing illegal firearms With a help of a 3D printer, he manufactured two illegal firearms and accessories in plastic. In July 2017, the Police did a house search based on that there should be illegal firearms at the [Read More…]
There’s an interesting story at StoryMap where we follow a legally produced firearm into the darker corners of ownership and use. Make sure you select full screen mode on your device when looking. In the U.K., the National Crime Agency and National Counter [Read More…]
The last few months in the US have been pretty tumultuous if you have been watching the news. Without getting too political, we have seen terror attacks, hate crimes, and a multitude of other criminal activity. It is truly unsettling and has a lot of people on [Read More…]
Here is another unknown machine pistol that I’ve posted a short write up on via the ARES blog. A number of these have been appearing in the hands of Italian and British crime groups, one even being seized in a Real IRA weapons cache. Along with the [Read More…]
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