, August 23, 2010
A 24-year-old Miami Beach man accused in a scheme to illegally ship nearly $300 million in Chinese-made ammunition to Afghan soldiers is now the target of an Orlando federal criminal investigation. Efraim Diveroli, a military contractor who pleaded guilty to a conspiracy charge in a South Florida federal case last year, was arrested Friday. A criminal complaint filed in Orlando charges Diveroli with two counts: possessing firearms as a convicted felon and possessing firearms by a person under indictment for a felony offense.
, November 4, 2010
A man who admitted trying to take two handguns on an AirTran flight to Puerto Rico was arrested Wednesday at Orlando International Airport, police said. Felix Davila, 49, of Oviedo, told an officer he was bringing the.40-caliber Taurus and 9mm Glock with him for protection, a report shows. They were found about 10:15 a.m. in checked luggage that was being scanned with a high-powered X-ray machine before being loaded on Flight No. 9 to San Juan. An alarm sounded on a small box, and a Transportation Security Administration officer found wrapping inside a pair of shoes — possibly tinfoil — and a gun magazine inside the wrapping, authorities said.
October 25, 2001
A huge explosion has rocked a Thai army arsenal stocked with rockets and ammunition.More than 60 people were injured in Thursday's blast according to hospital officials.Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra said initial reports from the area northeast of the capital said the explosion was accidental.The explosion at an ammunition warehouse in Korat, about 125 miles (200 km) northeast of Bangkok happened around 9 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) at the warehouse in Pakchong District.The provincial governor ordered the evacuation of the Pakchong, a town of about 20,000 residents on the main highway between Korat and Bangkok.
January 14, 2004
A Sudanese man has been arrested at London's Heathrow Airport under Britain's anti-terror laws carrying what appeared to be some kind of ammunition as he tried to board a flight to Dubai. The passenger, who had flown in from Washington, was stopped by Metropolitan Police during a routine security check. Scotland Yard said the passenger was not carrying any weapons. In Washington, a U.S. government official said the man had a few bullets in his pocket. He said it is unclear if the bullets were live ammunition and whether the passenger got them upon arrival in London or before his departure for London from Washington's Dulles Airport.
January 14, 2004
A Sudanese man has been arrested at London's Heathrow Airport under Britain's anti-terror laws carrying what appeared to be some kind of ammunition as he tried to board a flight to Dubai. The passenger, who had flown in from Washington, was stopped by Metropolitan Police during a routine security check. Scotland Yard said the passenger was not carrying any weapons. In Washington, a U.S. government official said the man had a few bullets in his pocket. He said it is unclear if the bullets were live ammunition and whether the passenger got them upon arrival in London or before his departure for London from Washington's Dulles Airport.
| July 27, 2001
Lawyers from the United Kingdom are in Kenya, collecting evidence for a lawsuit against the British army. Kenyans are filing the suit, claiming that live ammunition from British army training bases have killed and injured several people, including children. Old men like Intayo Legonyia say the British army has been training here for as long as he can remember, but one memory sticks out more than most. "What I remember is my dead son," he says. "One of the bombs killed my son. " His son was sixteen in 1980 when he and two friends came across what the British army calls a piece of ordnance.
| October 25, 2010
Afghan and coalition forces killed 15 insurgents in a raid targeting a senior Taliban leader, the NATO-led force in Afghanistan said. The raid uncovered a factory that made roadside bombs, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force said in a statement. Artillery shells, rocket-propelled grenades and explosives were recovered. Insurgents fired on ground forces as they approached a point in southern Afghanistan said to be the location of a senior Taliban leader who serves on a commission guiding Taliban military activity in Helmand Province, in southern Afghanistan, the statement said.
WORLD
| October 22, 2010
Two Israeli soldiers are among seven people arrested in connection with the theft and selling of military weapons and ammunition in Israel, police said. The two soldiers are charged in connection with stealing weaponry from military bases. The others are charged in connection with selling the material to criminal elements in Israel, police said Friday. Automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenade launchers were among the items sold to criminals, police said. Israel Defense Forces military police and Israeli police made arrests Thursday in the suspected weapons theft, the IDF said in a Twitter message, but did not elaborate.