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Greek police arrest 3 Iraqis with arms on Turkish border

Three Iraqi Kurds with guns were arrested by Greek police near the Turkish border

Ersin Çelik
12:33 - 14/02/2016 Sunday
Update: 13:31 - 14/02/2016 Sunday
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Greek police arrested three Iraqi Kurds in two separate operations, on suspicion that they were trying to move a large number of guns and ammunition into Turkey, a police official said on Sunday.




The three men, aged 22, 28 and 39, all British passport holders, were found to have tens of thousands of small-caliber cartridges and more than 20 pistols and rifles in a car and a trailer close to the border with Turkey on Saturday evening.




The 39-year-old suspect was found to have 200,000 cartridges and four pistols on him when he was apprehended close to the Turkish border crossing. The other two had 18 rifles and 27,000 cartridges when they were detained in a town close to the Turkish border after days of surveillance.




"We don't have any evidence to connect them with ISIS [Daesh] ... we have informed Europol and Interpol," the police official said. The weapons were not combat rifles but could have been used for training, the official said.




The suspects were due to be taken to stand before a local magistrate later on Sunday or Monday on suspicion of illegal possession of weapons and smuggling.



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