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A police officer from the Lower Austrian State Criminal Police Office is said to have sold 5,000 rounds of large-caliber ammunition to a neo-Nazi gang. The suspect was denounced and suspended from his duties.

17.03 clock, January 1, 2021

Some of the firearms seized in mid-December
Some of the firearms seized in mid-December © WHAT / Georg Hochmuth

There are explosive details about him Investigations into a right-wing extremist network, who is said to have collected weapons for the possible establishment of a right-wing militia in Germany. According to the Kronen Zeitung report An official from the Lower Austrian State Criminal Police Office is said to have sold 5,000 rounds of heavy caliber ammunition, such as machine guns, to the local neo-Nazi-sized gang.. The suspicious cop the presumption of innocence applies to him – is a trained gunsmith.

According to the confession of a detained accomplice of the neo-Nazi gang, the suspect is said to have contacted the right-wing media at so-called military fairs, in which he was often an expert on state security. The head of the group is believed to be a 53-year-old man who was the center of attention of authorities in the 1990s during letter bomb investigations.

In three meetings, the policeman to the right of the gang chief is said to have sold 5,000 rounds of machine gun ammunition for 850 euros. He had easy and cheap access through farms, on which the district authorities informed him professionally.

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The leadership of the Lower Austrian State Criminal Police Office reacted immediately: the police officer was reported, among other things, for abuse of office and suspended from his duties. In case of conviction, the suspect threatens the total loss of the official pension.


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