Guns missing from Cleveland police evidence room
CLEVELAND, Texas—A federal investigation is under way to determine whether some 500 weapons missing from a police department’s evidence room are part of an illegal firearms-trafficking scheme.
The guns were discovered missing from the Cleveland Police Department’s evidence room during an inventory last year, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday. The U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives declined to discuss the probe, saying it is an ongoing investigation.
Court records show ATF agents recovered 112 of the missing guns while executing a search warrant at a Humble gun shop.