China has seized the largest haul of gangland weaponry in its history - a cache of arms including tens of thousands of sniper rifles, machine guns, crossbows... even samurai swords.
Following a four-month investigation that led undercover agents deep into the heart of the country's criminal underworld, investigators blew open a gun-and-blade-trafficking network that has fuelled gang wars and terrorism across 30 of China's provinces.
The massive seizure, in the southwestern province of Guizhou, includes 10,500 illegal guns and 120,000 forbidden knives - all destined for the country's flourishing underground arms trade.