Sarajevo: Bosnian police arrested five alleged arms traffickers Monday suspected of belonging to a group that smuggled weapons to Germany, prosecutors said.
"The suspects are accused of forming an organised group that during 2015 smuggled a significant quantity of weapons, principally guns, ammunition and military equipment" to Germany, said the statement.
A large amount of weapons, ammunition and military equipment destined for smuggling in the local market as well as to Serbia and Germany was also seized, the prosecutors' statement added, without giving further details.
Since the 1990s conflicts that marked the breakup of Yugoslavia, the Balkans have been considered a centre for arms trafficking to western Europe.
In mid-December Serbian police busted a gang smuggling arms to France, arresting two Serbian nationals and seizing guns and explosives.
It came a few days after the head of Serbia's Zastava arms factory told AFP that it had manufactured some of the arms used in the November 13 attacks in Paris, including a pistol exported to the United States in 2013.
German newspaper Bild reported last month that four assault rifles used in the Paris attacks, which left 130 people dead, had been allegedly purchased from a trafficker in Germany.
AFP
