Posted October 26, 2015 8:25 pm by Comments

By Ammoland

South Carolina Officials Seize Thousands Of Stolen Guns
South Carolina Officials Seize Thousands Of Stolen Guns
Fox News
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South Carolina – -(Ammoland.com)- A South Carolina man was arrested Saturday after deputies seized thousands of stolen guns in his home and a nearby storage building.

Chesterfield County Sheriff Jay Brooks told WBTV deputies made a startling discovery at the Pageland home of Brent Nicholson, 51, who has been charged with possession of stolen property.

“There’s like 150 chainsaws, probably 250 to 300 taxidermy mounts, somewhere between 7,000 and 10,000 stolen weapons,” Brooks said.

The sheriff told the station almost all of the weapons were shotguns and hunting rifles and that it looked like Nicholson was hoarding guns others had stolen for him. There was no indication Nicholson was a gun trafficker, he said.

The guns may have been stolen from North Carolina homes and hunting clubs. Nicholson’s home is near the state’s border.

“None of us have ever seen anything anywhere close to this,” Brooks told the station. “No telling how many break-ins this will help wrap up.”

The Charlotte Observer reported that hundreds more weapons were found at a liquor store Nicholson and his father run and at the father’s house.

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