The Mossos d'Esquadra located 12 AK-47 Kalashnikov-type assault rifles inside an abandoned Porsche on the AP-7, near Figueres, after the vehicle ran through a traffic stop around two in the morning. The occupants managed to flee in another car towards Girona and, for now, no arrests have been made.
The finding places on the highway an arsenal typical of an organized crime investigation, but the operation started from a traffic stop. The Catalan police are keeping the investigation open from the local police station while trying to identify the fugitives and clarify the destination of the weapons.
The Mossos analyze if the 12 AK-47s were real and operational
The scientific police are now examining the rifles to determine if they are real weapons and if they could fire. Among the planned tests are ballistic analyses, which will also have to establish their condition and possible previous use.
Mossos sources limited official information to a brief communication. The operation has been carried out within the framework of a police operation, they indicated, without providing further details on the origin of the checkpoint or the main line of investigation.
"The operation was carried out within the framework of a police operation, but for now we will not provide further details about it" - Mossos d'Esquadra
After evading the checkpoint, the Porsche was found empty. Investigators continue the search for the occupants, who escaped in a second vehicle in the direction of Girona after abandoning the car on the AP-7.
Discovery coincides with more weapons in Girona drug plots
The appearance of 12 assault rifles fits into a context of increased presence of firearms in environments linked to organized crime and drug trafficking in the Girona area. The case adds pressure on a demarcation where investigators have already detected war weaponry in recent episodes.
The closest reference is the double murder at Font de la Pólvora, in Girona, on the night of Sant Joan 2024. That shooting left two dead and two injured, and the perpetrators used an AK-47 assault rifle.
For now, the local police station keeps the investigation open on the abandoned car in Figueres, while forensic police must determine with ballistic tests if the 12 AK-47 assault rifles located inside the Porsche were real and operational weapons.