Freeh:  FBI determined to find stolen weapons

WASHINGTON (CNN)-- 
Director Louis Freeh said
Wednesday the bureau is putting
on "a full-court press" to recover
weapons and ammunition that
were lost when one of its own 
vans was stolen from a Memphis,
Tennessee hotel packing lot.

The burned-out shell of the SWAT truck was found early
Tuesday in Memphis, but the weapons -- including automatic
rifles and two grenade launchers -- were missing.

"We certainly have put on a full-court press to try to
retrieve these weapons, which are very dangerous weapons,"
Freeh told the Senate Judiciary committee.

The FBI also will look into whether the agents responsible
for the van violated any FBI regulations.

The vehicle belonged to FBI agents from Little Rock,
Arkansas, who were among about a half-dozen federal special 
weapons and tactics squads in Memphis for a regional training
exercise on terrorism.

Freeh said that trunks containing weapons must be locked
with chain locks. But be said, "This was a Suburban. 
It had no trunk, it had no alarm installed." 

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