FBI discovers cache of guns, armor and Nazi paraphernalia while raiding home in Washington state

Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday.

SEATTLE — Law enforcement discovered a cache of weaponry and armor, including a machine gun and grenade launchers, along with Nazi paraphernalia during a raid of a home in Washington state, authorities said Tuesday.

Derek Sanders, the elected sheriff of Thurston County, said in a Facebook post that the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Division asked his office for assistance Monday as an FBI special weapons and tactics team executed a search warrant in Lacey, near the state capitol of Olympia, "as a result of a violent robbery and theft of military weaponry/armor."

The U.S. Attorney's Office in Seattle said in a statement to The Associated Press on Tuesday night that the search warrant related to an Army CID and FBI investigation into an assault Sunday at Joint Base Lewis-McCord, just north of Olympia.

Guns recovered at a home in Lacey, Wash.Thurston County SheriffSanders' statement said two people were arrested and booked into Thurston County Jail for investigation of firearms-related offenses.

"The suspects identified in this case were actively involved in Nazi White Nationalist efforts," he wrote.