A replica assault rifle, a handgun, several rifle butts, a machete and a machete were found in the possession of a Spanish factory that produced 3D-printed weapons, police said Sunday.
Officers raided the illegal arms workshop in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands in Spain and arrested the owner, who is charged with illegal possession of weapons and explosives.
The first factory discovered in Spain also contains working 3D printing equipment that can produce rifle barrels within two minutes, national police said in a statement.
There were also manuals on terrorism, urban guerrilla warfare and how to make explosives at home using a 3D printer, as well as white supremacist literature and a pistol holster with the symbol of the German army during World War II.
A specialist team of dogs from the police’s TEDAX bomb squad sniffed out chemicals that could be used to make explosives, the statement said.
Police also found nine ammunition magazines, two silencers, two pieces for rifle barrels and a plastic mold to make triggers, sights and other small weapon parts.
The operation took place on September 14 last year, but remained secretly ordered by a judge, as is often the case in Spain, until police were released Sunday to release details.
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