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Augsburg Police Recover Over 300 Weapons From Deceased 77-Year-Old’s Home

Specialists removed the cache without risk to neighbors, with investigators tracing the source of the unlicensed arms.

Overview

  • Police say more than half of the roughly 300 weapons or weapon parts lacked authorization under German law.
  • The stockpile also included large quantities of ammunition as well as explosives and detonators.
  • Officers discovered the cache after a welfare check found the resident dead of natural causes in his single-family home.
  • The multi-day operation involved local police, Bavarian state criminal police experts and city officials, with a specialist firm handling transport.
  • Legally held items were transferred to the municipal weapons authority, and criminal police have opened an inquiry into the provenance of the illegal items.