SAN DIEGO — A Coronado-based Navy SEAL faces federal weapons charges following his arrest this week on suspicion of conspiring to sell machine guns and other firearms smuggled into the country from Iraq and Afghanistan, authorities said Thursday.
Nicholas Bickle, 33, a member of the Navy’s specialized Sea, Air and Land unit, was taken into custody in San Diego on Wednesday following a five-month investigation, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Nevada, one of the lead agencies in the case.
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