The alleged terrorists were part of an alleged criminal organization intent on providing Stinger missiles, AK-47 automatic rifles and carbines U.S. the Taliban and Hezbollah. According to a report by ABC, USA Manhattan District Attorney, said:
"Allegations of today offer new evidence of what many of us have been seeing for some time: the growing nexus between drug trafficking and terrorism, a bond that threatens to become a clear and present danger to our national security," said Manhattan U.S. Preet Bharara federal prosecutor.
At least two of the arrested, Lebanese and Afghan Bachar Tazar Wehbe Alizai Gul, currently in U.S. territory and is reportedly set to appear before a federal court in Manhattan.
Investigators told ABC Alizai, a suspected Taliban member was caught selling assault rifles and a considerable amount of heroin to an undercover DEA agent, while in Kandahar, Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, Wehbe, an alleged member of Hezbollah, was captured along with two other suspects Hezbollah agents undercover DEA agents. The three were allegedly planning to use the proceeds from sales of heroin to buy-to-air Stinger missiles, AK-47 rifles and M-4 rifles. Partners Wehbe suspected Hezbollah Siavosh Cetin Henareh and Aksu, apparently in custody awaiting extradition to the U.S. Romania
According to ABC, the current busts are the third and fourth of its kind recently undertaken by the DEA, including the case of international actor Victor Combat weapons.
And in the grand scale, these covert operations were reportedly part of the DEA's larger mission against drugs has allowed federal prosecutors to tie in cases of arms trafficking may have escaped another jurisdiction U.S.
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