CUSTOMS FINDS TRUCKS CARRYING ILLEGAL WEAPONS.Byline: Associated Press Associated Press: see news agency. Associated Press (AP) Cooperative news agency, the oldest and largest in the U.S. and long the largest in the world. Two truckloads of illegal arms that entered the country through the Port of Long Beach and were bound for Mexico turned up in a warehouse outside San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , a U.S. customs agent said Friday. Thousands of unassembled un·as·sem·bled adj. Made or manufactured with parts or sections ready to be joined or fitted together before use: working with unassembled metal shelving. grenade launchers
A spokesman for the service said it could be the largest cache of illegal arms ever found in the United States. ``I can't recall anything that big,'' said Louis Semon, customs spokesman in San Diego. John Mallamo, assistant special agent, said customs is investigating the shipment, tracking both foreign and domestic leads. ``We have a number of leads out nationwide as well as at some of our attache ATTACHE. Connected with, attached to. This word is used to signify those persons who are attached to a foreign legation. An attache is a public minister within the meaning of the Act of April 30, 1790, s. 37, 1 Story's L. U. S. offices overseas,'' he said. He declined to say which offices were participating in the investigation. Shipping documents listed the contents as strap hangers and hand tools. Mallamo said ships are subject to random searches, and shippers must submit documents listing ship contents. ``Unfortunately, we cannot inspect each and every container,'' Mallamo said. |
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