Feds seize more than 32K rounds of ammo in AZ
NOGALES, AZ (AP) -Federal authorities say they have seized more than 32,000 rounds of ammunition from a stash house at the southern Arizona border.
Special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations acted on information they developed about a stash house in south Nogales.
Agents said they discovered a large cache of ammunition that they suspect was being staged to smuggle into Mexico.
Seized were 10,000 7.62-caliber rounds; 8,000 .223-caliber rounds; 5,000 9 mm rounds; 5,000 .38 Super rounds; 3,500 .45-caliber rounds; and 1,000 10 mm rounds.
ICE officials said Monday that no arrests have yet been made in the case, which remains under investigation.
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As if I don't have enough trouble getting hold of decently-priced 7.62 and .45 ammo...
5,000 .38 Super rounds? That's like all the .38 Super in America. Certainly they meant .38 Special.
ReplyDeleteAnd there's no way they'll release any of it to the open market. Bogarting ammo is just so wrong.
ReplyDelete@ Andy: .38 Super is big south of the border. lots of guns there are chambered for it since it's not a "military" caliber that civilians aren't allowed to possess.
ReplyDeleteIt couldn't have been for across the border in Mexico. Military calibers are illegal there.
ReplyDelete;-p
Dang. Sounds like the .gov needs to have a yard sale!
ReplyDelete...to licensed, legal American citizens, of course.