Feds accuse men in scheme to smuggle missiles into U.S.

A federal grand jury indicted two Southern California men Wednesday on charges of conspiracy to smuggle three shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles into the United States for use abroad. Such missiles are designed to bring down aircraft.

The charges against Chao Tung “John” Wu and Yi Qing Chen, both naturalized U.S. citizens born in China, stemmed from an international undercover investigation, federal prosecutors said. The men are accused of agreeing to arrange shipment of the missiles from a country that is not named in the indictment.

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