At customs St. Marc, a search of a truck loaded with used items from Miami allowed customs officials to discover and seize a large quantity of weapons, ammunition and various military equipment.

The finding minute reported a seizure, among others of : 150 12-gauge shotguns, 9 shotguns 12-gauge double-barrel, 5 rifles M 4,15 pairs of handcuffs, 10 pairs of boots, 50 boxes of 50 units of caliber 38 bullets, 4 boxes of 1,000 units 9mm bullets, 10 boxes of 250 units of caliber 12 bullets, 7 holsters, 50 boxes of 50 cartridges 380, 2 boxes of 250 bullets 12,7 caliber 5,56 mm chargers, 1 M14 charger, 12 uniforms (blue pants, black shirt), 5 tactical vests, 1 Glock 9 mm pistol BCB2761 and one charger...

Faced with this disturbing discovery, Himmler Rebu, the new Secretary of State for Public Security went to the scene, saying that following the seizure, an investigation will search the source, recipient and complicities, both nationally and internationally. Stressing that it is not for nothing that are entered 30,000 bullets with automatic weapons in smuggling, a month before the elections in the country.

Let's hope that this is the only arms shipment arrived in Haiti, but unfortunately nothing allows to affirm it.

TB/ HaitiLibre