More than 700 firearms recovered in UK in joint operation with Spanish police

The NCA and the Spanish Guardia Civil worked together on the five-year firearms operation (NCA/PA)

More than 700 firearms have been recovered in the UK after a five-year operation with police in Spain to stop easily convertible guns from entering the country.

So far, 703 firearms have been recovered in the UK, and there have been 74 arrests, 50 convictions and 133 premises searched.