Police Seize N.Y.-Bound Kalashnikovs
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2004 6:07 am
Ok something is not right here.
ROME (AP) Authorities in southern Italy seized about 7,500 Kalashnikov assault rifles and other combat-grade firearms from a ship headed for New York, officials said Tuesday.
The weapons -- AK-47s, AKM rifles and machine guns worth more than $6 million -- were found mixed in with properly labeled guns in cargo containers on board a Turkish-flagged ship that docked at the port of Gioia Tauro, a police official said.
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ROME (AP) Authorities in southern Italy seized about 7,500 Kalashnikov assault rifles and other combat-grade firearms from a ship headed for New York, officials said Tuesday.
The weapons -- AK-47s, AKM rifles and machine guns worth more than $6 million -- were found mixed in with properly labeled guns in cargo containers on board a Turkish-flagged ship that docked at the port of Gioia Tauro, a police official said.
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