A regional leader of a violent neo-Nazi group was stripped of his guns — including an AK-47-style rifle — following a court order earlier this month, a report said Thursday.
Kaleb Cole, the 24-year-old leader of Atomwaffen Division in Washington state, had the guns confiscated on Oct. 1 after an order by a Seattle civil court, the Daily Beast reported.
The guns included the AK-47-style rifle, a high-capacity magazine and a handgun, according to the report. They were seized after local police filed an “Extreme Risk Protection Order” against Cole, according to the report.
Cole was photographed with the weapons at a “Hate Camp” training event hosted by the hate group in 2018, the Beast reported.
The move is part of a larger crackdown of the neo-Nazi group by authorities, who have also hit leaders of the Virginia arm with gun charges, according to the report.
Atomwaffen Division has been linked to a number of extremist crimes in the US, including murders and bomb plots.



