Posted on 07/14/2010 7:31:32 AM PDT by La Lydia
A 20-year-old U.S. citizen was stopped at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing in Andrade on Saturday with two machine guns strapped to the engine of his pickup. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the crossing near Yuma, Ariz., noticed that the driver of the truck appeared nervous and stopped his vehicle for a closer inspection. When they popped the hood, they saw the guns, which were attached to the engine with plastic zip ties. They also found 680 rounds of ammunition...
Also found was two boxes of machine gun ammunition links, used to fashion an automated belt for the machine gun ammunition.
The vehicle, weapons and ammunition were seized. The driver, a resident of El Mirage, Ariz., will face criminal charges and was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Border Enforcement Security Task Force....
(Excerpt) Read more at signonsandiego.com ...
They should have been mounted on his HOOD or at least
a ring mount over the back seat.
“Maybe this will sound cool if I load a 8mm and a 7.62
every other round...”
8888888 eight!
Thats “Machine Gun Joe Viturbo” from “Death Race 2000”.
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