Customs Agents Arrest Pilots of Learjet Loaded with Weapons
The aircraft at Florida's Fort Lauderdale airport contained nearly 90 shotguns, semiautomatic pistols, and assault rifles.
U.S. government authorities had tracked suspicious flight activity of this Learjet 55 before the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol raided the aircraft and found it loaded with nearly 90 weapons, 63,000 rounds of ammunition, and more than $20,000 in U.S. currency. (Photo: U.S. CBP)
U.S. government authorities had tracked suspicious flight activity of this Learjet 55 before the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol raided the aircraft and found it loaded with nearly 90 weapons, 63,000 rounds of ammunition, and more than $20,000 in U.S. currency. (Photo: U.S. CBP)

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