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Army lieutenant colonel charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries

Army Lieutenant Colonel Charged With Smuggling Firearm Parts From Russia, Other Countries

Army lieutenant colonel charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries

Army lieutenant colonel charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries

Army lieutenant colonel charged with smuggling firearm parts from Russia, other countries

Federal prosecutors say a U.S. 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 U.S. 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 U.S. Talbert is a lieutenant colonel with U.S. Army Explosives Ordinance Disposal at Fort Campbell. He was arrested Thursday. Talbert pleaded not guilty during a Thursday hearing in federal court in Nashville. Authorities say the imported parts came from Russia, Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic.