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A large quantity of weapons destined for Britain's street gangs has been seized after police busted a gun-wielding gang.
Rapid-fire Glock pistols and a Kalashnikov rifle were among 25 firearms found in Albania, writes The Sun.
The guns and hundreds of cartridges were earmarked for delivery to Albanian gangs in Britain, which are waging a turf war on drugs and prostitution in London.
The Albanian State Police, writes The Sun, found the weapons being prepared for shipment when masked and armed police raided a property on the outskirts of the capital Tirana on Thursday.
Albanian police working with the UK's National Crime Agency made five arrests as investigations continued after the weapons stash was discovered this week.
Arrest warrants were issued for three others still at large in the UK in connection with the gang. Three Albanians aged 21, 44 and 62 have been accused of international arms smuggling.
The NCA worked with the Special Prosecutor of Albania against Corruption and Organized Crime. Their investigation focused on the crime-ridden Tropoja region in northern Albania, The Sun writes further.
The British media writes that since the late 1990s, gangs from Tropoja have been active in the Albanian communities in the East and South-East London neighborhoods of Woolwich, Stratford and Barking.
Mobsters involved in prostitution, cocaine smuggling and cannabis farms are suspected to increase their gun power to warn off rivals.
"Criminal groups in Albania have created an arsenal of modern weapons and accessories to supply their associates in the UK. The weapons are secured in Turkey and on the Serbian illegal market and could have been used by anyone - including terrorists", says Ervin Karamuço, professor of criminology at the State University of Tirana to The Sun./Pamphlet
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