London: British authorities have seized dozens of handguns at a border check on the French side of the Channel Tunnel in the largest such haul on record, police said on Monday.
The 79 guns were hidden along with ammunition inside engine parts on a trailer on the back of a van. Police have charged one man with firearms offences and released without charge six other people, who were with him in the van in the town of Coquelles.
A second man was arrested in the British port of Dover and also charged. Both men appeared in court in London on Monday.
"They are easily concealable and lethal in the hands of anyone prepared to use them," he said.
(This story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
The 79 guns were hidden along with ammunition inside engine parts on a trailer on the back of a van. Police have charged one man with firearms offences and released without charge six other people, who were with him in the van in the town of Coquelles.
A second man was arrested in the British port of Dover and also charged. Both men appeared in court in London on Monday.
"They are easily concealable and lethal in the hands of anyone prepared to use them," he said.
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