The man ran into the lamp during a baggage check in the train station. An assault rifle, an automatic pistol and ammunition were found in his bag. According to a source from the French news agency AFP, the weapons and ammunition were “well packed.” This suggests that the arsenal was not intended for personal use, but that the intention was to sell the goods.
According to the French channel RTL, the suspect told investigators that he was paid to carry the bag and hand it over to someone in Aubervilliers, a municipality in the Seine-Saint-Denis department. He said he did not know what was in the bag.
The suspect is known to the police for drug offences. The Paris prosecutor’s office has opened an investigation.