Agents in Florida confiscated 14,000 packages of brass knuckles disguised as belt buckles in packaging from Pakistan and China on Monday, according to Local 6 News.
Half of the shipment of 14,000 brass knuckles confiscated by Customs and Border Protection at a Florida port was apparently headed to a store in Central Florida, Local 6 News has learned. Local 6 News showed the store with the sign "Unique Cutlery, Inc.," above the door.
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Investigators said there was no doubt that the items were weapons.
"There is no way this could be used as a belt buckle," Local 6 reporter Erik von Ancken said. "This is not a novelty, it is solid metal used for only one reason police tells us. In fact, even the packaging is a joke -- it is spelled 'b-u-k-l-e.' The packaging, from Pakistan and China, reads 'belt buckle' but police say that is ridiculous."
"You're going to have a child scarred for life, and possibly not even survive," an undercover agent said while checking the items.
Local 6 News interviewed the store owner's brother at his home.
"You don't believe this is actually used as a belt buckle?" von Ancken asked.
"No, I don't think so," Kashif Ashfaq said.
"It's for fighting?" von Ancken said.
"Yeah, it seems like to me," Ashfaq said.
"Who buys them?" von Ancken asked.
"Everybody," Ashfaq said.
Ashfaq said his brother checks identification before selling products.
Police will likely not prosecute the Central Florida store owner because the shipment of brass knuckles was not delivered, the report said.
In December, officers broke up a gang initiation at an Orlando park in which almost every alleged gang member had brass knuckles.
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