On Thursday, a major arms-smuggling effort was exposed, wherein Canadian, Jordanian, and Pakistani goblins were busted - trying to smuggle guns into Canada, across the northern border. They now face federal charges.
This was very likely a major disaster averted.
On Friday, three men were magistrated before a federal judge in White Plains, New York, and detained after their arrest for an alleged gun running scheme. The scheme involved trafficking 89 firearms, including at least 17 stolen firearms, and attempting to smuggle them to Canada through or near an Indian reservation.
Canadian national Malik Bromfield, Pakistani national Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman, who claims to have citizenship in Canada, Jordan and the U.S., were arrested on Thursday after a traffic stop in Liberty, New York, in Sullivan County.
They were each charged with smuggling, unlicensed dealing in firearms, transporting stolen firearms in interstate commerce and unlawful possession of firearms, according to the complaint. Bromfield was also charged with “unlawful possession of a firearm by an alien.” If convicted, they each face decades in prison.
“As alleged, Malik Bromfield, Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman were caught transporting more than 80 guns, including short-barreled rifles and stolen firearms, to smuggle them out of the country,” U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton said. “It is critically important to New Yorkers and Americans to keep illegal weapons out of the hands of criminal actors. The trafficking of dangerous weapons will be relentlessly pursued by this Office.”
The only bright spot here is that these goblins were not very smart about this.
After Ali consented to a roadside search of his person, a trooper found an “expired Pakistani National Driving Permit issued to an Afghan national in another name concealed in ALI’s buttocks,” according to the complaint.
Salman and Bromfield declined searches resulting in a canine sweeping the exterior of the vehicle. The canine alerted troopers to the potential presence of narcotics.
After the canine search resulted in probable cause, the troopers initiated a preliminary search of the vehicle and found an unusually heavy suitcase. Inside was the weapons cache.
Additional firearms were found on the floor of the back seat, according to the complaint.
There's no indication as to how that Afghan ID was discovered, and honestly, I'd rather not know.
There is also no indication as to the immigration status of these three accused or when they entered the United States. We may very well remember, though, that during the four years of the Biden administration, millions entered the United States unscreened and unvetted, and it's a near-certainty that these three weren't the only ones up to no good. As for the smuggling of weapons into Canada, that is something that the residents of Toronto, in particular, should be concerned about, given Toronto's growing and vocal population of immigrants from the Middle East.
It's a safe bet these aren't the only people trying a stunt like this, and it's likewise a safe bet some of them will be smarter about it.
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You may view the official complaint from the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York here. The charges:
- Smuggling of Goods from the United States (Title 18, U.S.C. Sections 554 and 2)
- Unlicensed Dealing of Firearms (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 922(a)(1)(A))
- Alien in Possession of Firearms (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 922(g)(5)(B))
- Possession of Stolen Firearms (Title 18, U.S.C., Section 922(j))
- Unregistered Possession of Firearms (Title 26, U.S.C., Section 5861(d) and 5871; Title 18, United States Code, Section 2.)
Stay tuned.
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