Breaking news out of New Jersey where NBC 4 New York is reporting that two men and a woman have been arrested after a weapons cache including rifles, handguns, knifes ammunition and night vision googles was discovered in their car after a traffic stop for a broken windshield at the entrance to the Holland Tunnel:
Two men and a woman carrying multiple loaded weapons reportedly have been arrested at the NJ entrance to the Holland Tunnel.
— perry chiaramonte (@perrych) June 21, 2016
3 arrested w/ multiple loaded guns, knives, body armor at Holland Tunnel, per @PeiSzeCheng4NY & @jonathan4ny https://t.co/jsX0yMB2e0
— Rebecca Shabad (@RebeccaShabad) June 21, 2016
A huge win for the Broken Windows Theory. https://t.co/eYMXb789Nr @NBCNewYork @Gothamist pic.twitter.com/etdqIVgW7E
— Joe Cutrufo (@JoeCutrufo) June 21, 2016
Port Authority-A motor vehicle was stopped by PA Police at the Holland Tunnel, NJ Toll Plaza for an equipment violation (cracked windshield)
— Shira Bush (@ShiraBushFNC) June 21, 2016
Authorities haven’t released any other details, but the Joint Terrorism Task Force is investigating:
The Joint Terrorism Task Force is assisting in the investigation, a source familiar with the investigation tells NBC 4 New York.
3 People have been arrested at the Holland Tunnel in New York with approximately 3,000 rounds of ammo and multiple guns. JTTF investigating.
— Tom Winter (@Tom_Winter) June 21, 2016
Monitoring the events unfolding at the #HollandTunnel @PANYNJ @PANYNJ_HT https://t.co/K7waTyTLSU
— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) June 21, 2016
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We’ll update this post as soon as we learn any new details.
Update:
ABC on Holland Tunnel arrests: “Authorities believe […] criminal activity, likely heroin related” https://t.co/UWe7ns0V5x
— Brandon Wall (@Walldo) June 21, 2016
Update 2:
Update: Monitoring #HollandTunnel incident – no nexus to terrorism at this time https://t.co/ya4JTbgw2C
— NYPDCounterterrorism (@NYPDCT) June 21, 2016
And here’s the vehicle:
This — THIS — is the truck the gun/knife/armor crew got busted in at the Holland Tunnel. https://t.co/rn7RTw8Z6P pic.twitter.com/qhKJytwcGe
— Ben Berkowitz (@BerkowitzBT) June 21, 2016
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Editor’s note: We’ve added an additional tweet to this post.
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