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POSTED:MAY 17 2016 10:34AM EDT
UPDATED:MAY 17 2016 11:16AM EDT

GIBSONTON (FOX 13) - Deputies in Hillsborough County say undercover detectives busted an illegal immigrant and known gang member trying to sell them a semi-automatic rifle.

Jose Calderon Rebolla, 33, was arrested Monday evening at the Walmart on Gibsonton Drive. That's where they say he met an undercover agent to sell the Bushmaster AR-15 rifle.

Rebolla faces a charge of being an alien in possession of a firearm.

"Calderon Rebolla is a certified Sur 13 gang member and not a legal citizen of the United States," an HCSO spokesperson stated.

Detectives say U.S. Border Patrol agents helped with the investigation.

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