CROATIAN POLICE CONFISCATES LARGE QUANTITY OF ARMS AND AMMUNITION

SIBENIK, Nov 29 (Hina) - Croatian Police broke a large chain of arms smuggling on Saturday, and confiscated a large quantity of all sorts of arms, in Central Adriatic town of Sibenik. The head of Sibenik-Knin Police Department, Marijan Tomurad, told a press conference on Saturday, that this was the biggest confiscation of arms in Croatia. The weapons were discovered in two wear-houses, one of them located in downtown Sibenik, and the other in a suburb of the town. Weapons were also found in one truck with Bosnia-Herzegovina licence plate. In the truck the police discovered a container loaded with weapons, as well as 20 wooden containers loaded with several hundreds of different kinds of guns, machine guns, mortars, missile, snipers, shells, ammunition, hand grenades, and more than 500 flack jackets. The police arrested five persons, one local and four BH citizens. Arrest warrants have been issued for two more persons, still on the run, under suspicion of participating the arms smuggling. The exact number of weapons remained unknown because the police has not yet examined the entire context of the containers, however the value of the confiscated arms has been estimated to US$160,000. Most of the weapons were new and had not been used, only small quantities showed marks of usage. Some of the confiscated arms were made in Croatia, while many were made in other countries. (hina) it/jn