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Interpol's Trigger X operation seizes 248 firearms in Armenia

First reported by News.am: 17:22, 16 October

Updated 19:21, 12 sources

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Armenia took part in the international operation "Trigger X – Eastern Europe and Central Asia", coordinated by the Interpol General Secretariat, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports. According to the ministry, 164 cases of illegal trafficking of weapons and ammunition were recorded, with arrests made in 11 of them. A total of 248 firearms and components, more than 11,000 cartridges, over 137 hand grenades and other ammunition were taken out of circulation.

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