Berlin police raid illegal arms dealers
By DW
25 January 2019 |
11:46 am
German police have carried out a series of raids on 26 properties in the states of Berlin and Brandenburg in an attempt to bust an international ring of gunrunners. A simultaneous raid was also carried out in Amsterdam.
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