'Homemade Bazooka' May Have Lobbed Contraband Across Mexico-U.S. Border Lindsey Bever - The Washington Post
go to original September 20, 2016

Mexican Cops Seize Van Carrying Catapult Near US-Mexico Border (wochit News)

Authorities in Mexico have discovered a van outfitted with a makeshift bazooka, apparently intended to launch packages over the U.S. border, the Mexican national security commission says.

In the past, drug smugglers have found creative ways to transport illegal goods — using air space, intricate underground tunnels and oceans. It was unclear if the cannon used in this instance was intended to traffic narcotics.

Authorities said the van was parked in Agua Prieta in northeastern Sonora, a state that shares the border with Arizona. It had no licence plate and its doors were ajar.

Inside, federal police officers found an air compressor, a gasoline motor, an air storage tank and a “metallic tube of approximately three meters length (a homemade bazooka),” according to a police statement.

The unit had an opening in the rear hood through which the cannon could fire, police said.

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