Posted on 03/24/2017 5:50:50 PM PDT by Navy Patriot
Russian authorities busted an international arms operation Thursday as police staged raids across the nation, finding a number of firearms allegedly smuggled from the U.S.
Russia's federal police agency released a video showing what appeared to be numerous arrests of men and women allegedly involved in the arms-dealing ring. According to RT, raids were staged in the cities of Yoshkar-Ola, Irkuts, Ulan-Ude and Moscow, resulting in the seizure of 19 firearms and an assortment of matching components, magazines and ammunition. Weapons including AR-15 rifles and pistols manufactured by Glock and Colt were among those found that were manufactured in the U.S., according to Russian authorities cited by RT. The guns were allegedly shipped illegally to Russia from the U.S. via the postal service.
"The activity of an interregional criminal group involved in the illegal trafficking of firearms, its main parts and ammunition, as well as the organization of a channel for their smuggling to Russia from the United States through international mail, has been stopped," ...
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So what....
This doesn’t smell right. Are there not millions of SKS’s there? And why bring something in when the ammo isn’t readily available?
Just doesn’t seem right.
Why are they trying to get American guns when they could get AK’s, Tokarevs, Makarovs, etc. easier from the Russian mob?
Don’t sound right.
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GMTA...
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It’s Putin’s Russia and strict gun control.
...seizure of 19 firearms and an assortment of matching components...
You can find more than that in a US Inner city.
You are living up to your tagline.
GMTA? WTF?
19 guns is an international incident?
Great Minds Think Alike. Which sounds more mature than “Jinx, buy me a coke!”
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The post office would never let a gun be shipped like that.
USPS told me that they won’t ship guns or ammo at all.
You can find more than that in quite a few gun safes.
may be click-bait
“Not sure if this means anything or just routine.”
We have the American NRA and Russian patriots working to give the Russian citizens a 2nd Amendment, the right to bear arms.
That’s the last I heard about three years ago. Where that effort stands now - I don’t know.
Russia doesn’t need any AR’s. More Fake News.
pffft...
A lot of FReepers have more than that in just one house.
I agree...But everything has to be Russia, Russia, Russia....for political purposes.
Glock is an Austrian company.
Why would they smuggle in American made Glocks when they can get them by just crossing a few borders?
SHBO.
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