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Germany news: Police find arms depot near highway

Police have found a stash of rifles, pistols and other firearms near a road in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. Meanwhile, Defense Minister Pistorius is off to the US for talks with his American counterpart.

Police in Germany have discovered a stockpile of weapons and ammunition near a major highway in the western state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The cache included various firearms such as rifles, shotguns, pistols, a submachine gun, a flare gun, and thousands of rounds for different weapons, according to police in Ludwigshafen. The location of the discovery was a car park on a road in Speyer. However, there were no leads on who placed the weapons there or the reason behind it.

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