Arms and the Dudes: How Three Stoners from Miami Beach Became the Most Unlikely Gunrunners in History

The page-turning inside account of how three kids from Florida became big-time weapons tradersand how the US government turned on themIn January of three young stoners from Miami Beach won a million Department of Defense contract to supply ammunition to the Afghanistan military Incredibly instead of fulfilling the order with high-quality arms Efraim Diveroli David Packouz and Alex Podrizkithe dudesbought cheap Communist-style surplus ammunition from Balkan gunrunners The dudes then secretly repackaged millions of rounds of shoddy Chinese ammunition and shipped it to Kabuluntil they were caught by Pentagon investigators and the scandal turned up on the front page of The New York Times Thats the official story The truth is far more explosive For the first time journalist Guy Lawson tells the thrilling true tale Its a trip that goes from a dive apartment in Miami Beach to mountain caves in Albania the corridors of power in Washington and the frontlines of Iraq and Afghanistan Lawsons account includes a shady Swiss gunrunner Russian arms dealers corrupt Albanian gangsters and a Pentagon investigation that impeded Americas war efforts in Afghanistan Lawson exposes the mysterious and murky world of global arms dealing showing how the American military came to use private contractors like Diveroli Packouz and Podrizki as middlemen to secure weapons from illegal arms dealersthe same men who sell guns to dictators warlords and drug traffickers This is a story you were never meant to read.