The detainee disseminated tutorials to create highly lethal explosive devices
The agents also found hate messages related to extremist and anti-Semitic ideologies.
The Civil Guard has Arrested a man in Ripoll What alleged perpetrator of a crime of possession of prohibited weapons presumably intended for sale to third parties. According to the authorities, at his home he had installed a clandestine workshop for the illegal manufacture of weapons and projectiles using 3D printers. The arrest, carried out within the framework of what is known as Operation Napalm, began in October when the Civil Guard detected a user who was disseminating, through publications on public web platforms, how to modify weapons to increase their harmful capacity.
The detainee also spread instructions for making homemade explosives Y make highly lethal explosive devices. The necessary elements to make this type of explosive that he taught over the Internet can be purchased at any commercial area, such as fertilizer or other products.
These publications had generated a large number of views and downloads on the network. In addition to monitoring the comments and publications, the Civil Guard agents found several threatening messages against minority groups and others related to extremist and anti-Semitic ideology. The person under investigation presumed to have participated in training for parapolice groups and that he was taking security measures in case the Security Forces entered his home.
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The agents they searched your home and found numerous weapons rigged, parts, ammunition, machinery and tools to make modifications. They were all intervened, along with a crossbow, more than twenty bladed weaponselectronic and storage devices as well as false documentation.
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The detainee had a 3D printer with which he had illegally manufactured the parts to attach to weapons of different calibers. It also had the necessary raw materials used for its manufacture. Manuals on the detainee were found at the detainee’s house. use, handling and manufacture of firearms through 3D printing.
With this action, the Civil Guard has prevented the dissemination of tutorials that can be used by any individual for the manufacture of homemade explosives, in order to be used to attempt against the life and integrity of people. This operation has been carried out by specialized agents from the Area Information Sections of the Civil Guard of the Basque Country and Catalonia and the Rapid Action Group (GAR).