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DEPUTIES SEIZE ARSENAL (Weapons, ammo believed headed for Mexico)
Seguin Gazette ^ | 7/10/2011 | Felicia Frazar

Posted on 07/11/2011 7:13:49 AM PDT by Rightly Biased

GUADALUPE COUNTY — A Thursday night traffic stop ended with Guadalupe County deputies seizing a large cache of weapons believed to be Mexico bound.

Guadalupe County Sheriff’s Cpl. Clint Garza said a deputy stopped a black Ford truck for a traffic violation around 9 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 10 near the 604 mile marker.

The driver was hauling a trailer loaded down with plywood and wallboard, Garza said.

While taking to the driver, the deputy realized he was not being truthful and was given the OK to search the vehicle, Garza said.

“During the search the deputy located a false compartment in the load of materials that contained a large amount of weapons and ammunition,” he said. “It was found that approximately 67 semi-automatic weapons were located along with several thousand rounds of ammunition.”

Guadalupe County Sheriff Arnold Zwicke said it was evident the guns were not being shipped for recreational purposes.

“There is no telling what the weapons were destined for. No doubt they were not intended for a good thing,” he said. “They were not being transported for a sporting club or a hunting club.”

Garza said once the guns hit the border into Mexico — where deputies suspect the vehicle was headed — the price tag per gun could have doubled.

As the violence across the border continues, Zwicke said discovering a cache of weapons can make a difference.

“We are happy to take these guns of the street,” he said. “It’s a different world we live in. With terrorism and things going on in the U.S. and Texas, it’s scary.”

The truck, trailer, guns and ammunition were seized by the Sheriff’s Office.

The case remains under investigation.


TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: atf; banglisr; banglist; castaway; dea; doj; fastandfurious; fbi; gunrunner; gunwalker; holder; melson; obama
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To: BBell

Looks just like your average personal collection to me,
nothing really exotic either.


41 posted on 07/11/2011 3:12:00 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: lentulusgracchus

Dollars to donuts ALL those guns are stolen.

If you were the legal owner you wouldn’t hide them in a hollow of drywall. At least I wouldn’t.


42 posted on 07/11/2011 5:36:44 PM PDT by davetex (All my weapons got melted by a meteor!! No Sh*t)
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To: BBell

I don’t see any .50’s there.


43 posted on 07/11/2011 6:46:24 PM PDT by B4Ranch (Allowing Islam into America is akin to injecting yourself with AIDS to prove how tolerant you are...)
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To: BBell

Looks like they cleaned out J&G.


44 posted on 07/12/2011 5:58:31 AM PDT by Bringbackthedraft (Liberals fight with smear, Conservatives fight with truth. Palin & West team are 2012's dream)
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To: lentulusgracchus

the DPS are more at mile markers 612—620
604 is on the west side of Seguin and for some reason the DPS don’t hang out there as much

But on most days I see border patrol vehicles between 612—618


45 posted on 07/12/2011 7:28:34 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (Do you know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?)
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To: Rightly Biased
I see what you're talking about -- that Petro is back there more around the 596 by the pickle park, that's one of the places that guy was killing truck drivers that time, 10 years ago. And yes, they're before you get to Seguin, and the speed traps are more around Seguin.
46 posted on 07/13/2011 4:26:23 PM PDT by lentulusgracchus (Concealed carry is a pro-life position.)
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