ICE Arrests 6 for Smuggling Ammo from the U.S. into Mexico
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has announced that a local pawn shop manager and five other employees have been arrested for smuggling ammunition from the U.S. into Mexico. The scheme allegedly involved selling large quantities of ammunition and large-capacity ammunition…
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magazines to ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) undercover agents. The defendants allegedly repackaged the ammunition from its original factory-rigid cardboard boxes into taped bundles or plastic bags to make it easier to conceal from authorities. During the investigation, federal agents seized about 34,500 rounds of assault-caliber ammunition and more than 180 large-capacity magazines for AK-47- and AR-15-type firearms.