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Baltimore Man Gets 5yrs Jail for Plot to Smuggle Guns from US to Sri Lanka
3 January 2008
Baltimore Sun
Before consummating the arms deal, buyers for a South Asian rebel group needed an expert.
So they turned to Thirunavukarasu Varatharasa, a citizen of Sri Lanka and a member of the Tamil Tigers, which is designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government.
Prosecutors say he knew how to inspect the fully automatic weapons and surface-to-air missiles to determine whether they had flaws.
Varatharasa was arrested in Guam after inspecting the military hardware... (GunPolicy.org)
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