French police say they have arrested 45 people in a vast sweep against international arms traffickers.
Detectives said some 300 officers were involved in the operation, which focused on hundreds of military-grade arms, pieces of ammunition and weapons parts trafficked from the Balkans since 2009.
2010: A Kalashnikov rifle found during a security operation in Marseille The arrests were carried out across France and in French overseas territories. So far 38 people had been placed under formal detention.
The investigation was launched after several military handguns and rifles were seized during an arrest in the Haute-Marne region in February 2012.
Oct 2013: A cache of weapons seized from a network of burglars in Creteil The investigation initially pointed to a Slovak arms trafficking ring and expanded to include another ring based in the Balkans.
An influx of military-style weapons, in particular Kalashnikov assault rifles, has been blamed for a wave of gang-related shootings in the southern city of Marseille in recent years.
There has been recent concern among European countries about the increasing problem of arms trafficking. In 2010 member states adopted an action plan to combat the smuggling of so-called "heavy" firearms including increasing security at shipping ports.
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