Twenty firearms have been seized from a suspected gun factory and a man has been charged.
Officers from the National Crime Agency (NCA) recovered four Glock pistols, nine shotguns, six long-barrelled firearms and a deactivated Bren machine gun during a house raid in Kingsclere in Hampshire on Tuesday.
Philip Maylen, 57, of Penny's Hatch, Kingsclere, was charged with possession of a prohibited weapon and was due to appear at Reading Magistrates' Court on Thursday.
NCA branch commander Chris Hill said it was "a very significant haul".
Officers also recovered 11 imitation firearms - an AK-47, an MP40 sub-machine gun and nine revolvers, along with a range of gun component parts.
The agency said tests were ongoing to verify if one of the Glocks and one of the shotguns were viable.
Mr Hill said the weapons "had the potential to cause devastation" within the community.
"This is a very significant haul," he continued.
"We've identified and prevented a large number of lethal weapons reaching the streets of the UK.
"Protecting the public from the threat of the criminal use of firearms remains a key priority and we work with partners at home, and abroad, to combat their importation into the UK."
Its been ongoing in Birmingham for a long time.
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There have been several scams over the decades, which put the council into bankruptcy. A Union isn't going to ever accept a potential paycut, so they are stuck.
Waste collection doesn't want to be scheduled for the full 32 hours they are contracted so they can collect the overtime, and the council don't want to pay overtime for people working their normal hours. The only thing the council can do is cut the folks being paid the most, but the Union won't let that happen either.
Just increase council tax in Birmingham and separate out the waste disposal as a line item so that the people can see where their money is going.