Smugglers hid firearms inside used cars and then shipped them overseas, U.S. authorities said this week, revealing details of what they say was an international operation based in and near Cleveland, Ohio.
The gun-running operation allegedly sent hundreds of guns to Beirut, Lebanon, where they were resold at a profit, a news release from federal agencies said.
The documents do not say how much money may have changed hands in the scheme.
Interpol was involved in the arrest of one of the two suspects, Jean Youssef Issa, 48, earlier this month, more than six years after he and George Nakhle Ajaltouni, 47, formerly of North Olmsted, near Cleveland, were named as co-conspirators in a federal indictment….