It means police will have to draw their weapons whenever a person being checked reaches for their mobile phone. Cell phone guns have not hit America yet, but the FBI, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, and the U.S. Customs Service say they've been briefed on the new weapons. We received word about these guns last month. We have since alerted our field personnel to be on the lookout for 'cell phone guns' at U.S. ports of entry. In another recent incident a Croatian gun dealer was caught attempting to smuggle a shipment through Slovenia into Western Europe.
Police say both shipments are believed to have originated in Yugoslavia.
European border police and customs officers are at a heightened state of alert at all ports, airports and border crossings. Then ABC reported that Interpol sent out a warning to law enforcement agencies around the world. That brought me to a screeching halt. I find that statement curious since there is no such agency as Interpol. It was so successful that, despite a period of disruption during World War II, some 142 nations are members today.