Spanish find 737 Swiss assault rifles in container

The Spanish Civil Guard has uncovered a stash of Swiss-made assault rifles which were originally meant for Ghana. They can be tracked back to Hungary but their appearance in Spain remains a mystery, media reports say. The discovery was made on August 4 by the Civil Guard – which works under the Interior and Defence Ministries, a communiqué from Thursday said.  Officers had opened a “suspicious” ship’s container from Ghana in the port city of Algeciras, which is near Gibraltar. They found 737 assault rifles and 72 grenade launchers, which were Swiss made, said the Civil Guard. A video of the haul can be seen in this Civil Guard video posted on the Swiss newspaper Tages-Anzeiger’s website. The Spanish authorities added that the arms were declared “disassembled”, but they were “new rifles in their original packaging”. According to the accompanying documents – which had some information missing – the weapons were to be transported from Ghana to commercial gun ...