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Machine Guns Found in Bibb County

Reported by: CBS 42 News
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Last Update: 4/13 5:26 pm
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A surprising find in Bibb County...  A state road crew found a huge cache of World War Two era guns.

The machine guns, including an anti tank gun, were found under a bridge near Centreville late last week.  They found the guns while checking the bridge.  Some of the weapons were in the water.

Bibb County Sheriff Keith Hannah says they really have no idea where the guns came from.

ATF Agent David Hyche said, “We field tested the majority and they functioned.  We didn't fire a live round but we cycled and for these to have been in the water and for you to be able to manually cycle them says something about how long they've been exposed.”

Sheriff Hannah and Agent Hyche say the guns couldn't have been where they were found for long because they hadn't started to rust.