A gun dealer in Oklahoma is under investigation after over 200 shotguns were discovered in a dumpster outside his store in the suburbs of Oklahoma City.

"A Midwest City sanitation worker found a large, but unknown number of firearms in a dumpster ... located near International Firearm Corporation," according to a January search warrant filed by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

WATCH: COLIN KAEPERNICK BEHIND HULU DOCUSERIES EXPOSING ALLEGED POLICE CORRUPTION

International Firearm Corporation is owned by Raymond Anthony “Tony” Mussatto, according to a Thursday report.

On Jan. 19, roughly 236 imported Radikal Arms .20 gauge shotguns were discovered by the sanitation worker in the dumpster outside the store.

An employee later told ATF agents that the firearms were defective, but agents determined they were functional, the report noted.

Mussatto had been in contact with the ATF in 2022, and he had been instructed to slice weapons in three places before disposing of them, rendering them inoperable.

He reportedly told agents that the cost to slice up the firearms and make them unable to be reassembled would be too expensive.

The shotguns found in the dumpster had been partially sliced once, according to the report.

At least one man, not affiliated with the store, had been given two of the guns with magazines, according to the ATF.

"The man said that he approached the employee and began discussing the firearms and expressed interest in owning one of the firearms," an affidavit read.

CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER

"The employee told the man the firearms are defective and should not be shot. The man told the employee that he did not intend to shoot the guns, but rather wanted to hang the firearms on his wall. The male employee permitted the man to take two uncut firearms and gave him two magazines, one for each firearm."

That individual surrendered the guns to the ATF, who later discovered the man was allowed to own firearms.