EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Border officers confiscated a dozen semi-
automatic rifles and thousands of rounds of ammunition that were headed
into Mexico from Arizona on Tuesday.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said officers were conducting outbound
inspections — vehicles heading south into Mexico — at the Raul H. Castro
Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona, where they encountered a 25-year-old
U.S. citizen in a Chevrolet Suburban.
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The driver was chosen to undergo further inspection, which led to the
discovery of several boxes containing 12 AR-15 rifles, a handgun, eight
ammunition magazines and 26,553 rounds of ammunition.
According to a CBP news release, officers seized the weapons, ammunition,
and vehicle, while the subject was arrested and turned over to U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.
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