Crime & Justice

Men Caught Allegedly Selling Untraceable AR-15 ‘Ghost Guns’ in New Jersey

BULLS-EYE

A cocaine bust led authorities to discover a deadly enterprise: assault rifles assembled from online kits made of plastic parts.

Pilar Melendez
Pilar Melendez 

Senior National Reporter

190318-pilar-nj-ghost-gun-tease_ulu4mx
Photo Illustration by The Daily Beast / Photos NJ AG Offfice / Getty
Pilar Melendez

Pilar Melendez

Senior National Reporter

pbmelendez

Got a tip? Send it to The Daily Beast here.

Trending Now
politicsTrump Tries Out a New Hairstyle—and Gets Mixed Reviews
Liam Archacki
us newsBiden Slaps Down Trump and Explains the Mystery Drones
Dan Ladden-Hall
us newsMadison School Shooter’s Parents Divorced Each Other Three Times
Yasmeen Hamadeh
politicsMatt Gaetz Reveals Revenge Plot to Unseal His Enemies’ Dirtiest Secrets
Juliegrace Brufke
politicsTrump and Elon Cause Shutdown S***show—and He Isn’t Even President Yet
Zachary Folk,
Brett Bachman