U.S. authorities charge 18 with Russian weapons-smuggling plot
March 15, 2005 by Homeland Security NTARC News
Filed under Homeland Security News
Federal officials say they’re charging 18 people with trying to smuggle grenade launchers, shoulder-fired missiles and other arms into the U-S.
A federal prosecutor’s office in New York says the arrests come from a yearlong wiretap investigation. The office says an informant posed as an arms trafficker selling weapons to terrorists.
