Springfield pirate radio operator Mbanna Kantako's station is off the air again, after federal officials on Thursday confiscated his equipment for the second time in two months.

U.S. marshals, acting on an order issued Thursday morning by U.S. District Judge Jeanne Scott, removed all of the equipment Kantako had
been using to broadcast his "Human Rights Radio" station from his home at 1113 N. Fifth St.

Kantako said Thursday evening he plans to return to the airwaves despite the latest raid, but declined further comment. (see story link for details)