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500 guns missing from TX police evidence room in 'illegal firearms trafficking scheme'

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Having written several posts about sloppy practices and corruption in police evidence rooms, color me unsurprised and unamused to discover another SNAFU out of Cleveland in Liberty County (in southeast Texas), recorded by AP Feb 24: A federal investigation is under way to determine whether some 500 weapons missing from a police department's evidence room are part of an illegal firearms-trafficking scheme. The guns were discovered missing from the Cleveland Police Department's evidence room during an inventory last year, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives declined to discuss the probe, saying it is an ongoing investigation. Court records show ATF agents recovered 112 of the missing guns while executing a search warrant at a Humble gun shop...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on April 02, 2010 (boomark / email).

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