NATION : Nerve-Gas Weapon Plot Alleged
<i> From Times wire services </i>
NEWARK, N.J. —
Customs agents today arrested a Korean-born naturalized citizen on charges of conspiring to buy nerve-gas weapons for export from the United States.
Richard Mercier, agent in charge of the Customs office in Newark, would not identify the man or say where the nerve gas was destined. “This is a big one,” he said. “We’re talking large quantities.” He said the man was arrested in Newark after a seven-month investigation and will be arraigned later today.
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