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)-350 (Rev. 10-19-77)
Five
Seized
At Border
In Gun Plot 1
next Tuesday to face criminal
By Richard J. Roth
charges.
COURIER·EXPRESSSTAFFREPORTER
Ferrodeclinedtoelaborateonthe
link between the five men arrested
FivenativesofIrelandwhoal
over the weekend and theIRA,ex-
legedly were carrying more than
cept to say' the five appear to be
$10,000 and a shopping list for guns
part of what has "been called a
and bullets arebeingheld inBuf-
pipeline' to smuggle armaments to
falo, immigration officials said yes.
Ireland.
terday.
口
The five men were arrested while
The five arrested over the week
trying to enter the United States at
end were identified byFerro as:-
Niagara Falls over the weekend, of-
●William O'Neill,29,of Ven-
ficials said.
tura Drive, St. Catharines, Ont., a
They also were carrying diaries
native of Belfast, Ireland.
andnotebooks thatfederalofficials
·Michael Weir, 35, of Belfast. *..
said included the names of personal
●Edward Howell, 34, of Belfast.
contacts and armaments suppliers
· James Michael Kelly, 41, a na-
in the United States.
. tive of Ireland now living on La.
The five were arrested Saturday
fayette Drive in St. Catharines.
as theyattemptedtoentertheUnit-
·William Gilroy, 36,of.Ven-
ed States over the Whiripool Rapids
tura Drive, St.Catharines, born in
Bridge in two cars.They were'being
Belfast:.
beld at the Erie County Correctional
Facility pending deportation hear-
.ings and possible criminal charges.
Among. the documents seized
We do not intend to allow them
when the five'tried to cross'was a
on the street, so we're holding them
slip of paper that Ferro character-
with no bond," said Benedict J. Fer-
ized as a shopping list for arms. He
fo, district director of the U.s. Im-
later displayed the list,about two by
migration and Naturalization Ser-
four inches in size,and it did appear
Tice.
to set forth various kinds of guns.
and bullets, though allyin the code of?
the arms industry.
Ferro said the five men have re-i
Included on thelistwere notesfor
129 cases of assorted ammunition,
fused to talkwith immigrationin-
vestigators, but that the documents
from armor-piercing slugs to light
seized from them "tied them by as-
machine-gun bullets to ammunition
sociation into some of the players
forrevolvers.Oneimmigrationoff-
we had here three weeks ago.'On
icer said a case of amnsnition con-
Jan. 2i, immigration officiais ar-
tains between 1,000 and, ,000 shells,
depending on their size.*
rested BritishMember of Parlia-
The list displayed buVerro also
ment Owen Carron and Daniel Mor-
rison,publicist for the Sinn Fein,the
political arm of the outlawed Irish
lice-type revolvers and half a case.
产
Republican Army. The two were de
·ported,_but are scheduled to returm
680
Five
Seized
At Border
In Gun Plot 1
next Tuesday to face criminal
By Richard J. Roth
charges.
COURIER·EXPRESSSTAFFREPORTER
Ferrodeclinedtoelaborateonthe
link between the five men arrested
FivenativesofIrelandwhoal
over the weekend and theIRA,ex-
legedly were carrying more than
cept to say' the five appear to be
$10,000 and a shopping list for guns
part of what has "been called a
and bullets arebeingheld inBuf-
pipeline' to smuggle armaments to
falo, immigration officials said yes.
Ireland.
terday.
口
The five men were arrested while
The five arrested over the week
trying to enter the United States at
end were identified byFerro as:-
Niagara Falls over the weekend, of-
●William O'Neill,29,of Ven-
ficials said.
tura Drive, St. Catharines, Ont., a
They also were carrying diaries
native of Belfast, Ireland.
andnotebooks thatfederalofficials
·Michael Weir, 35, of Belfast. *..
said included the names of personal
●Edward Howell, 34, of Belfast.
contacts and armaments suppliers
· James Michael Kelly, 41, a na-
in the United States.
. tive of Ireland now living on La.
The five were arrested Saturday
fayette Drive in St. Catharines.
as theyattemptedtoentertheUnit-
·William Gilroy, 36,of.Ven-
ed States over the Whiripool Rapids
tura Drive, St.Catharines, born in
Bridge in two cars.They were'being
Belfast:.
beld at the Erie County Correctional
Facility pending deportation hear-
.ings and possible criminal charges.
Among. the documents seized
We do not intend to allow them
when the five'tried to cross'was a
on the street, so we're holding them
slip of paper that Ferro character-
with no bond," said Benedict J. Fer-
ized as a shopping list for arms. He
fo, district director of the U.s. Im-
later displayed the list,about two by
migration and Naturalization Ser-
four inches in size,and it did appear
Tice.
to set forth various kinds of guns.
and bullets, though allyin the code of?
the arms industry.
Ferro said the five men have re-i
Included on thelistwere notesfor
129 cases of assorted ammunition,
fused to talkwith immigrationin-
vestigators, but that the documents
from armor-piercing slugs to light
seized from them "tied them by as-
machine-gun bullets to ammunition
sociation into some of the players
forrevolvers.Oneimmigrationoff-
we had here three weeks ago.'On
icer said a case of amnsnition con-
Jan. 2i, immigration officiais ar-
tains between 1,000 and, ,000 shells,
depending on their size.*
rested BritishMember of Parlia-
The list displayed buVerro also
ment Owen Carron and Daniel Mor-
rison,publicist for the Sinn Fein,the
political arm of the outlawed Irish
lice-type revolvers and half a case.
产
Republican Army. The two were de
·ported,_but are scheduled to returm
680