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Thursday, 15 March 2012

Post office smuggling case: '220 guns imported'

 

Police allege a Sydney-based syndicate had imported up to 220 illegal pistols since late last year. NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione told a press conference today that "gun crime is in our sights" but he conceded many other such syndicates could be operating in Sydney. Police confirmed that a Glock pistol seized in January was the only one they had found of the Glock 220 pistols they believe were imported into Sydney in the previous three months. "This isn't just a border security issue, this is a national security issue," Mr Scipione told reporters in Sydney. "It is something that we need to understand is a major concern, not only to law enforcement; it should be to every person that lives in this nation because guns coming into our community are nothing short of weapons that are used to kill and maim." Three people have been charged after Australian and German detectives smashed an international gun smuggling syndicate alleged to have been run, at least in part, from a suburban Sydney post office. More below

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