Weapons, ammunition seized at border
by KTAR.com (June 28th, 2010 @ 10:41am)

NOGALES, Ariz. -- A Mexican national has been arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers for allegedly trying to smuggle weapons and ammunition into Mexico from the United States.

The 49-year-old man was run down on foot after officers signalled for his car to stop at the Mariposa Port of Entry last Wednesday, the Border Patrol said. Agents were screening travelers headed into Mexico.

The man sped past officers, then abandoned his vehicle and ran toward Mexico, but was stopped, authorities said. A search of his vehicle turned up 10 AK-47 assault rifles, 70 AK-47 assault rifle magazines, six bayonets, 5,610 rounds of high-caliber ammunition and other weapons, police said.

The man, who was in the United States without proper documents, was turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement.