A man has been jailed today for selling a hard core weapon arsenal via eBay. As the pictures show, the £200,000 weapon haul was ridiculous. I mean, there was even a meter-long Russian anti-tank missile.
Police raided his home after seeing the arms for sale online. While most of the collection was legal, he was sentenced to five years for illegally owning weapons, including a World War I German Luger pistol.
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