Police in western Germany have found a cache containing firearms and ammunition near a major road in Rhineland-Palatinate, according to DW. The discovery was made Monday near a car park on a road in Speyer, police in Ludwigshafen said.
The depot contained several rifles, shotguns and pistols, as well as a submachine gun and a flare gun. Police also found several thousand rounds of ammunition for various weapons. The source text does not report any arrests or identify a suspected owner.
Authorities have so far found no clues indicating who placed the weapons at the site or why they were stored there. The supplied material does not give further details about an investigation, including whether police believe the cache was connected to a specific criminal or extremist group.
The weapons discovery was one of several Germany-related stories highlighted by DW. The roundup also reported that Berlin state prosecutors had charged a 35-year-old German woman with supporting the Islamic State group. Prosecutors allege that she traveled to Syria in 2014, lived with her husband in territory controlled by IS and later encouraged a friend in Berlin to join the group. The woman was arrested at Berlin Airport in April 2026 after allegedly living in Turkey under a false name.
DW additionally reported that Defense Minister Boris Pistorius was traveling to the United States for talks with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The discussions were expected to include Germany’s purchase of US-made F-35 aircraft, plans to produce Patriot air-defense missiles in Germany and a preliminary agreement to buy Tomahawk cruise missiles. The supplied information does not link those defense discussions to the firearms cache.