Federal agents seize more than 10,000 assault weapons parts at Louisville UPS hub

By artappraiser on Sat, 06/27/2020 - 10:47pm |

LOUISVILLE, KY -- Federal agents have seized a shipment of more than 10,000 assault weapons parts at the UPS hub in Louisville after a smuggler tried to sneak the contraband into the U.S. from China.

[....] Authorities estimated the value of the shipment at nearly $130,000.

The smuggler, who tried to send the parts from Shenzen, China, to Melbourne, Florida, via Louisville, had labeled the contents of the shipment as steel pin samples. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said in a news release Friday that smugglers commonly try to elude detection by labeling dangerous contraband as something harmless or a legitimate commodity [....]

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