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Unsuspecting supermarket employee finds handgun in container of frozen ribs
The Daily Mail Online ^
| December 7, 2012
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 12/08/2012 9:03:47 AM PST by Uncle Chip
An unsuspecting supermarket employee got an alarming surprise this week.
The worker at an Albertsons store in Roswell, New Mexico, opened a container of frozen ribs Wednesday and found a .38 super semi-auto handgun along with seven rounds of ammunition packaged with the meat.
He brought the firearm and ammo to a local police department at about 2pm that afternoon and authorities are beginning to piece together some preliminary clues, a police public relations liaison said.
However, since the unidentified employee cleaned the pistol before turning it in, tracing its origin has not been easy, authorities say.
There are no fingerprints to go by and as of now there is little indication why the gun was packaged separately in the container the frozen meat.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: banglist; guns
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Could lead the police to a cold case.
To: Uncle Chip
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:05:22 AM PST
by
Paladin2
To: Uncle Chip
That particular caliber is very popular in Mexico.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:07:42 AM PST
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Uncle Chip
Very strange story, you would think the police would have been called as soon as he discovered it. His actions make it seem he was going to just keep it and then decided to turn it in.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:10:08 AM PST
by
Tammy8
(~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
To: Uncle Chip
Very strange story, you would think the police would have been called as soon as he discovered it. His actions make it seem he was going to just keep it and then decided to turn it in.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:10:24 AM PST
by
Tammy8
(~Secure the border and deport all illegals- do it now! ~ Support our Troops!~)
To: Uncle Chip
one report said that It came form a packing plant in Greeley Colorado.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:11:00 AM PST
by
mountainlion
(Live well for those that did not make it back.)
To: Uncle Chip
I'm surprised the doughnut-eaters didn't just arrest and charge him.
A lot less bother that way.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:11:28 AM PST
by
E. Pluribus Unum
("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the state." - Cornelius Tacitus, Roman Senator)
To: Paladin2
An unsuspecting supermarket employee found the gun and BROUGHT it to the police, after HE cleaned it....
Guess he could not have notified his supervisor first? Is there no longer a chain of command? Maybe he had thoughts of keeping it.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:13:45 AM PST
by
annieokie
To: Uncle Chip
"The Sopranos" fans will remember what Furio did with Richie.
I'd be concerned about the origin of those ribs!
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:13:50 AM PST
by
Sooth2222
("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
To: Uncle Chip
Unsuspecting supermarket employee finds handgun in container of frozen ribs What a ridiculous headline.
It should read "LUCKY supermarket employee finds handgun in container of frozen ribs"
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:14:14 AM PST
by
2111USMC
(aim small, miss small)
To: Uncle Chip
Could be a great marketing idea! Like a toy in a cereal box, a different gun with every rack of ribs.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:15:31 AM PST
by
bramps
(Sarah Palin got more votes in 2008 than Romney did in 2012)
To: Uncle Chip
Unsuspecting supermarket employee finds handgun in container of frozen ribsWere they Jimmy Hoffa's ribs?
To: Lurker
"That particular caliber is very popular in Mexico." Right you are.
Odd that all they show are revolvers, but that caliber is big in Mehsheeco. Meatpacking. Possibly a Mexican involved somehow.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:27:34 AM PST
by
tumblindice
(America's founding fathers: All armed conservatives.)
To: Uncle Chip
.38 super? Never heard of it. But googled it and found this:
It was once asked if there were going to be a 9mm magnum in the works. I believe it was the late Skeeter Skelton, that replied that "...there already is. It is the .38 Super..."
Hmmm, interesting...
To: Uncle Chip
Hey Freepers just to let you know there is a con artist from Poland named Pawel Nowak who stung me on the net due to my dumbness for not checking him out first. I purchased a mag for my Radom vis-35 thinking I got a deal well I did right in the shorts. So check everyone out and don’t do Western Union. Yeah I know. Thanks
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:30:41 AM PST
by
Rappini
(Veritas vos Liberabit)
To: Paladin2
Ought to be in the NCIC if hot. It’s likely recorded elsewhere if not.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:37:09 AM PST
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing)
To: Uncle Chip
How lucky can you get?
I’m hoping my next hamburger has a machine gun in it. With a side order of ammo.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:38:24 AM PST
by
lowbridge
(Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
To: Uncle Chip
I never get any good prizes but I keep hoping.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:38:50 AM PST
by
cripplecreek
(REMEMBER THE RIVER RAISIN!)
To: 2111USMC
No kidding! That is a $1,000. pistol. Yes, a little gun oil and some love and you have a drop weapon to be proud of!
JUST KIDDING!
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:44:45 AM PST
by
Jim from C-Town
(The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
To: annieokie
"Is there no longer a chain of command? Maybe he had thoughts of keeping it. "
These days you never know who is going to freak out over something as lame as a .22LR brass.
Yep, it might be thoughtful to clean it up to see if it's useful.
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posted on
12/08/2012 9:49:18 AM PST
by
Paladin2
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