Federal prosecutors say a US Army lieutenant colonel has been arrested on charges that he illegally imported firearms parts from foreign countries including Russia and dealt weapons without a license.
The US attorney's office in Nashville says 40-year-old Frank Ross Talbert has been indicted on 21 charges including importing defense articles without a license and smuggling firearms parts into the US.
Talbert is a lieutenant colonel with US Army Explosives Ordinance Disposal at Fort Campbell.
He was arrested Thursday. Talbert pleaded not guilty during a hearing in federal court in Nashville.
Authorities say the imported parts came from Russia, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.
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Ft. Campbell officer charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries
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