Sting Foils Alleged Missile Deal for Iran

A man allegedly trying to buy $2 million in missile guidance parts for Iran was arrested Wednesday in a sting operation in which sheriff’s deputies posed as arms dealers, officials said.

Victor Fonseca of Portugal was arrested while inspecting crates he believed to contain the missile parts, Midland County Sheriff Gary Painter said.

Fonseca, arrested in an airplane hangar in this West Texas city, was charged with organized criminal activity and jailed in lieu of $500,000 bond, Painter said.

“I was showing them they were messing with the wrong people, that they can’t buy their stuff from Americans, and that when they come on American soil, they get (socked),” he said.