Online firearm smuggling is seen as a threat in the United Kingdom after authorities claimed that terrorists use the platform to bring guns in and out of the British Island. Firearms officers believe that the increasing online firearm smuggling signals a danger to the Britain after the Paris terrorist attack.
The National Lead for Countering Firearms and Chief Constable of West Midlands Police, Dave Thompson, said that the rising number of firearms circulating in the UK is now alarming. Thompson revealed that online firearm smuggling is now on the rise with guns prepared abroad and shipped to the UK, The Guardian reports. At present, it is still difficult for people to purchase guns and ammunition in UK. However, Thompson said that more guns and ammunitions are being sold in Germany and Balkan countries.
Meanwhile, a report published from the National Crime Agency (NCA) claimed that the agency has found that Czech made Skorpion submachine guns were imported into the UK, Telegraph reports. The ammunitions were allegedly shipped to street gangs in London and the South East. The hoarded guns were feared to land into the hands of the terrorists particularly the Jihadists, who have the intention to launch terror in the UK.
With the danger of online firearm smuggling, Thompson warned that the police must be ready to face the battle. He said that police firearm officers must be funded well to avoid being outgunned in case of an armed terrorist attack.
