WATCH: Gang arrested for supplying ‘weapons of war’ to drug traffickers in Spain

Guardia Civil busts a group that sold weapons to drug gangs all over Spain.

The military-style guns were supplied to traffickers to help them ‘protect’ marijuana farms and warehouses.

18 people have been arrested including members of the notorious ‘Los Pulleros’ clan based in the Murcia region town of Alguazas.

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The group included members with licenses to purchase guns who reported false thefts and false reports of stolen weapons.

Some of the members had arrests in their past related to drug trafficking and arms, along with attempted murder.

16 searches were carried out in Murcia and in the provinces of Alicante, Cadiz and Alicante.

The crew also had ties to a Granada based arms trafficking group, which was previously reported on by The following are some of the ways to get in touch with us. Olive PressThe Guardia Civil seized a number of smuggled goods earlier this year.

Both gangs worked together to satisfy the needs of drug dealers, who were looking for specific weapons.

Among the items seized by the Murcia Operation were assault weapons such as the AK47. Also included were police shotguns, and modern pistols.

897 cartridges of different calibres were also seized – 249 of them considered war cartridges – in addition to a silencer, magazines and a sub-machine gun.

Five indoor marijuana farms were destroyed as a result of the Guardia Investigation.

The cameras are used to keep an eye on employees and police.

Raids on the farms yielded over €173,000 in cash, 1,733 marijuana plants, and five high-end vehicles.

The criminal organization, not content with extorting people who borrowed money at astronomically high rates of interest, also targeted those who sold guns and trafficked drugs.

Victims are forced to pay their debts in cash or with goods.