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22 indicted in Pa. gun-trafficking probe

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Published: Aug. 9, 2012 at 6:48 PM

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Twenty-two people have been charged with federal gun-trafficking charges, indictments unsealed Thursday in Philadelphia revealed.

The U.S. Justice Department said in a release some of the illegal weapons peddlers were so bold a buyer could drive up and have a gun delivered to the car. Federal prosecutors said some of those charged with selling sawed-off shotguns and rifles were convicted felons.

Authorities seized more than five dozen weapons, ranging from handguns to military-style semiautomatic rifles, and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, prosecutors said.

Seventeen of the 22 individuals named in a string of 11 indictments were arrested Thursday.

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