Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) said Monday it had carried out a joint operation with the Interior Ministry to curb arms smuggling to Russia from European Union member states. According to an FSB statement, a criminal group consisting of people from different regions of Russia had organized illegal arms deliveries to the country. During the operation, 380 firearms of domestic and foreign production (25 machine guns, 30 assault rifles, 70 submachine guns, 94 carbines and rifles, 158 pistols and revolvers, 2 anti-tank weapons guns) were confiscated, the FSB said. The weapons seized also included a 45-mm infantry mortar, AGS-17 automatic grenade launcher, improvised explosive device, 15 hand grenades, and more than 4,500 rounds of ammunition for the weapons, Sputnik . The authorities have also shut down two workshops that produced and repaired weapons and arrested the members of the group in Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yaroslavl, RIA Novosti reported.
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