Giant Shipment of Weapons Seized at Airport

[Tim01]

Source: local12.com

http://www.local12.com/mostpopular/story/Giant-Shipment-of-Weapons-Seized-at-Airport/wYI9IAgVa0Wn0I_z_ApHtA.cspx

U.S. Customs agents say they've stopped a massive shipment of weapons from entering the United States through the Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport.

Customs and Border Patrol agents made the seizure yesterday. The shipment, manifested as "Toys" was valued at $14,000 and shipped in 25 boxes from Istanbul, Turkey.

Agents decided to search the boxes after it was determined the weapons had arrived without the proper permits.

They found 60 pump action 12-gauge shotguns and 177 pistols. The shotguns were encased in Styrofoam molding and individually packaged in 12 large boxes. The pistols were shipped within hard plastic gun storage cases packed inside 13 large cardboard boxes.

The guns were destined for a business located in Kentucky. Neither the shotguns nor pistols were found to have any serial numbers or markings.

Agents say this is the largest seizure of weapons ever made by CBP in Cincinnati.
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[tekisui]

1. Could you add links to your posts, so we can follow them?

[Tim01]

2. Sorry, new at this, I'll try to correct.

[tekisui]

3. Thanks.

:thumbsup:

[FailureToCommunicate]

4. Let's hope when the shipment says "TOYS" and it's loose nuke material the Customs

agents "decide to search the boxes"

ABC's Brian Ross has been following this possibility (older story but still scary stuff):

www.abcnews.com/WNT/Technology/story?id=1200705&page=1

[mountainvue]

21. They are a bunch of hyped up on their cop trip

imcompetent fucks. They would sooner harass someones grandmother for having 3 oz of liquid or gel in their carry on. The customs folks are a decidely unfriendly bunch. I had the unpleasant experience of getting stuck in an elevator with them once.

[Renew Deal]

5. Ummm, OK

:wtf:

[catnhatnh]

6. I'll tell you what's strange about this story...

233 weapons divided into $14,000=$60.09 each...So why are customs agents, who seize an ounce of grass and declare it worth a fortune, now lowballing this arms shipment???

[slackmaster]

7. At that price they must be real POSs

Even at wholesale.

[Mrs. Overall]

10. Or maybe really high quality toy guns.

[slackmaster]

15. Yes, Airsoft guns

It will be pretty funny if that turns out to be the case.

[RaleighNCDUer]

9. The weapons were not valued at $14,000 - the toys listed on the manifest

were supposedly worth $14,000.

The manifest lied about the contents - you're surprised it lied about the value?

(It was a poorly worded article - don't they teach writing in J-school anymore?)

[slackmaster]

11. You're probably right, and no, they don't teach writing in J-school any more

They don't even teach basic journalism any more.

[FudaFuda]

12. Plus, theyre not exactly the kind of guns you'd expect to be smuggled into the US

60 pump action shotguns and 177 cheap eastern bloc pistols? If it were something really illegal like full-auto ak's or rpg's some serious money could be made in smuggling, but nobody's gonna get RICH off the profit margin from selling 60 shotguns and some makarovs (or whatever they are). Makes you wonder about the Kentucky company they were bound for, and who the intended 'purchasers' were.

[slackmaster]

14. I'm thinking they will turn out to actually be toys

i.e. Airsoft guns, which would make $60 each about right.

[Tim01]

16. I'm hearing now

the pistols fire blanks and the shotguns are real.
Somebody has no idea what a gun is. This is just getting more and more screwed up.

[slackmaster]

17. Maybe we should ship them off to the Mexican drug cartels

Let them shoot blanks at each other.

[slackmaster]

8. Probably counterfeit copies of name-brand firearms

Pretty pedestrian, and everyone who got caught is going to do some hard time in federal PMITA prison.

Or maybe they just might turn out to be Airsoft guns.

:hide:

[Festivito]

19. Sounds good.

I just have a bad knee-jerk reaction to any media story these days.

[ohio2007]

13. valued at $14,000 . is considered a giant catch ?

nt

[scisyhp1]

18. Giant? Really? 60 shotguns abd 177 pistols isn't even enough

to stock one small gunshop in this country.

[ohio2007]

20. and from the link "The pistols are designed for theatrical use"

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