Rifle, submachine guns… An arms trafficking network dismantled near Toulouse, six individuals arrested

An assault rifle, three machine pistols and around fifteen handguns were discovered on Monday in a clandestine workshop in Cornebarrieu, near Toulouse. Investigators also found nearly a hundred magazines, silencers and several kilograms of ammunition. “A shooting range was finally set back from the plot,” specifies David Charmatz, public prosecutor of Toulouse.

Five men and a woman, aged 24 to 32, were taken into custody. This Thursday, three of them were presented to the investigating judge with a view to possible indictment. The other three could be presented to him on Friday. The prosecution plans to request pre-trial detention “for most of the people referred”.

Weapons sent throughout France

The investigation began after the discovery, in Pau and Toulouse, of six pistols made using a 3D printer at the beginning of 2026. On June 9, the police arrested four people and discovered a workshop manufacturing semi-automatic pistols in their garage. All four were indicted as part of the judicial investigation opened on June 11. Two were placed in pre-trial detention.