BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romanian organized crime prosecutors have detained a man they allege appeared in a British television news report claiming that gangs are trafficking guns in Romania.

Government prosecutors said Atilla Csaba Pantics was detained late Thursday on suspicion of being complicit to communicating false information, being in a criminal group and illegally possessing weapons.

Prosecutors say three other men featured this week in a Sky News report entitled "Gang selling AK-47s 'Bound for Western Europe'" also face charges.

Mihaela Porime, a spokeswoman for the prosecutors' agency, told The Associated Press that five Romanians have been questioned and had their homes searched.

Porime says the investigation revealed that Sky paid an intermediary 1,000 euros ($1,100), while the other four were paid 1,000 euros between them.

Sky News Chief Correspondent Stuart Ramsay denies payment was made.