Hidalgo Police Find Guns Hidden in Unlikely Place

Reported by: Polo Sandoval
Last Update: 5:58 pm

HIDALGO - Hidalgo police are trying to find out where a cache of high-powered weapons came from. The weapons were hidden in an unlikely place.

Hidalgo police stopped the truck with two men inside. Officers didn't expect to find more than two dozen AK-47s hidden inside the gas tank.

Officers grew suspicious about the two men in the older model Ford pickup. The two Mexican men appeared nervous to officers. Police also suspected the gas tank had been tampered-with.

They removed one of two tanks and found 15 AK-47s crammed inside. Several other rifles had been taken apart and stuffed in the false tank.

Investigators suspect the guns were going into Mexico. Hidalgo's police chief expects this to be a major seizure. The AK-47 is one of the cartel's choice of guns.

"To see a catch of weapons like this is a little bit breath taking and a little bit overwhelming when you consider the impact those weapons can make, especially used against us,â€