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Kazakh customs officers seize arms from U.S. auto shippers

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13:01 09/01/2010

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Kazakh customs officers have seized undeclared arms from a shipment of second hand cars going from the U.S., a spokesman for the customs control committee at the ex-Soviet state’s Finance Ministry said on Saturday.

An undeclared batch of 3,600 cartridges, two pistols, a pneumatic rifle, 160 gas bottles and six metal containers with cartridges for a pneumatic gun were discovered and seized at the Dostyk customs office on Friday.

An investigation is underway.

ASTANA, January 9 (RIA Novosti)

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