Marine jailed for selling stolen guns and grenades

Southampton

A Royal Marine who served in Iraq and Afghanistan was jailed for 14-and-a-half years for selling guns and grenades stolen from a British naval base to an undercover cop. Martin Shannon, 43, hoarded firearms and ammunition from RM Poole in Dorset during the course of his career as a full-time paid reservist. The commercial diver stashed lethal frag grenades, a fully automatic assault rifle, two shotguns and a pistol, along with thousands of rounds of ammunition in watertight containers in…

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