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Austria seizes vast trove of weapons, swastika flags in raid on far-right biker gang

2023-07-02

No mention of drugs, but biker gangs are notorious for dealing drugs as well as enjoying violence, whether political, religio-ethnic, or just the traditional Hells Angels type.

[IsraelTimes] Haul includes 35 long firearms, 25 submachine guns, 100 pistols, 1,000 weapons components, 400 signal weapons, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, grenade launcher, Nazi memorabilia

Austrian authorities said Thursday they had seized hundreds of weapons, ammunition and Nazi memorabilia and arrested six people after raids on several premises of the right-wing holy warrior Bandidos cycle of violence gang.

Police found a huge weapons stash including about "35 long firearms, 25 submachine guns, 100 pistols, over a thousand weapons components, 400 signal weapons," the interior ministry said.

The haul was made following 13 house searches in the neighboring provinces of Upper and Lower Austria carried out Monday, the ministry added in a statement.

More than 10,000 rounds of ammunition, as well as grenade launchers, were also seized, it said.

Nazi memorabilia, including daggers, flags, uniform parts, busts and pictures were also found at the homes of the suspects, who were remanded in jug.

After plans by the Bandidos MC cycle of violence group to expand to Austria were revealed in late 2022, authorities have been surveilling them.

Investigations aimed to avoid potential ~~violent~~ mostly peaceful festivities between the Bandidos, which has a worldwide network of branches, and their rival Hells Angels MC, as has occurred in Switzerland

...home of the Helvetians, famous for cheese, watches, yodeling, and William Tell...
"The investigations have shown the extent to which right-wing extremism is represented in outlaw cycle of violence gangs," domestic intelligence agency (DSN) chief Omar Haijawi-Pirchner said.

Possessing Nazi memorabilia is illegal in Austria, the birthplace of Adolf Hitler
...late Fuehrer of Germany, founder of the Third Reich, currently communing with his pals Himmler and Heydrich. He is reincarnated every few days as a politician somebody doesn't like...
Austria long cast itself as a victim after being annexed by the German Third Reich in 1938 and has only in the past three decades begun to seriously examine its role in the Holocaust.

Posted by:trailing wife

#1 I think there is a guy at my work that may have a bigger arsenal. He doesn’t have any Nazi stuff. He’s sort of an enthusiast.

Posted by: Super Hose 2023-07-02 13:55

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