Brian Mark Lemley Jr. is accused of transporting a machine gun, transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony, as well as transporting and harboring an alien.
William Garfield Bilbrough IV is charged with transporting and harboring an alien.
The man Bilbrough and Lemley are accused of transporting is Canadian citizen Patrik Jordan Mathews.
Credit: Royal Canadian Mounted Police /AP
Credit: Royal Canadian Mounted Police /AP
Mathews also is charged with transporting a firearm and ammunition with intent to commit a felony as well as being an alien in possession of a firearm and ammunition, CNN reported.
Mathews is allegedly a recruiter for The Base, NBC News reported.
Law enforcement officials said Lemley, Bilbrough and Mathews planned to attend the gun rights rally scheduled for Monday in Virginia's capitol, NBC News reported.
Gov. Ralph Northam declared a state of emergency Wednesday in advance of the rally due to "credible intelligence" that armed militias and hate groups were expected to attend, according to NBC News.
Northam also banned firearms from the Capitol grounds due to concerns over weaponized drones and armed militias, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The three men had been under FBI surveillance for months, agency officials said, NBC News reported.
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