Venice tax and finance police
on Tuesday arrested four people - three Italians and a Libyan
national - accused of smuggling weapons into Iran and Libya
between 2011 and 2015, in a nationwide operation in Rome,
Naples, Salerno and L'Aquila coordinated by the DDA anti-mafia
police department in Naples.
The suspects are accused of smuggling weapons including
assault rifles, surface-to-air missiles and helicopters into
countries subjected to an embargo without the necessary
authorizations from the government.
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