Customs and Border Protection supervisor Wei Xu is charged with unlicensed gun dealing. Agents seized more than 250 guns, including nearly three dozen machine guns. Xu remains behind bars amid questions about his security clearance and ties to China.
Los Angeles When federal agents raided the Southern California home of US Customs and Border Protection supervisor Wei"George" Xu in February, they seized an arsenal of more than 250 weapons, including nearly three dozen illegal machine guns, according to court records.
"Weapons of war," a prosecutor would later call them. Xu, 56, was arrested and charged with dealing firearms without a license. He has pleaded not guilty. One gun's path to destruction But guns are not the reason the veteran officer has been held without bond since his arrest four months ago.
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