MADRID — A replica assault rifle, small arms, several gun
barrels, two tasers and a machete were among the arsenal seized from a Spanish
factory discovered to be producing 3D-printed weapons, police said on Sunday.
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Officers raided the illegal weapons workshop in
Santa Cruzde Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands and arrested the owner, who has been
charged with illegal possession of weapons and explosives.
The first such factory to be discovered in Spain also
contained working 3D-printing equipment that could manufacture gun barrels in
only two minutes, Spain's National Police said in a statement.
There were also manuals on terrorism, urban guerilla warfare
and how to make explosives at home using a 3D printer, as well as white
supremacist literature and a pistol holster with the symbol of the German army
during the Second World War.
A specialist team of dogs from the police's TEDAX bomb squad
sniffed out chemical substances that could be used to make explosives, the
statement said.
Police also found nine ammunition magazines, two silencers,
two pieces for rifle barrels and a plastic mold to make triggers, sights and
other small weapons parts.
The operation took place on September 14 last year but has
remained secret by order of a judge, as often happens in Spain, until police
were cleared to release details on Sunday.
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