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Feds: Phila. plot to buy weapons for Hezbollah
WASHINGTON (AP) - A grand jury in Philadelphia has indicted four men for an alleged plot to support the Lebanon-based terror group Hezbollah.
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The indictment comes just a day after officials in Philadelphia said they disrupted a similar scheme to acquire anti-aircraft missiles and send them to Syria—though in that case, authorities have yet to accuse anyone of trying to help a specific terror group.
The indictment filed Tuesday says two suspects sought to provide roughly 1,200 Colt M4 machine guns to Hezbollah, but their efforts were thwarted by an undercover operative. The indictment charges a total of eight others with lesser offenses related to schemes to traffic in stolen or counterfeit goods.
In total, authorities say 13 suspects are in custody.
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