Radio Taiwan International
Date: 2018-08-03

A man from Taiwan has been sentenced to prison for attempting to smuggle a large quantity of weapons and ammunition from the United States to Taiwan.

The US Attorney’s Office in Arizona on Thursday said 39-year old Fu Sheng-yang entered the United States on June 20 last year. Two days later, he was stopped by Arizona state troopers for speeding. The police found that he had purchased over 10,000 rounds of ammunition, was in possession of 40 upper receivers, and had attempted to buy more than 100 firearms.

Officials from the Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigation and the Arizona Department of Public Safety worked together on the case due to the unusually large quantity of weapons involved.

Yang pleaded guilty to one count of attempting to smuggle goods from the US and was sentenced to 33 months imprisonment with supervised release.
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