A doctor arrested Tuesday on an explosives charge was interviewed by ATF agents and the State Police on Feb. 4, the day the head of the Medical Board was critically injured by a bomb in his driveway, according to a complaint filed in federal court.
Randeep Singh Mann of Russellville was taken into federal custody Wednesday after explosives found buried in a field matched explosives found in his garage.
On Tuesday, the Pope County Sheriff’s Office responded to a call by London city employees who’d found buried in a plastic bag in a field a munitions canister containing 98 grenades — 40mm HE, M406 rounds — and an M781 practice round. The grenades were designed to be fired from an M79 or M203 grenade launcher. The location was 875 feet from Mann’s home, the complaint says.
According to the complaint, Mann had shown ATF agents and the State Police an M203 grenade launcher that he legally owned during an interview “in regards to a separate investigation” Feb. 4. State Police issued a search warrant Wednesday and found more military canisters, 45 practice rounds, and two more grenade launchers. The ammunition was wrapped in plastic material similar to the ammunition found in the field.
Agents also found 110 fully automatic machine guns they valued at more than $1 million. Agents could not determine registration on 17 of the guns. Mann does not have M406 destructive devices registered. The charge against him is possession of unregistered firearms.
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