NEW YORK — In an effort to crack down on the so-called 'iron pipeline' of illegal firearms flooding New York City, four men were arrested Wednesday in a gun trafficking conspiracy case that federal prosecutors said was the first of its kind under a new law that boosts the penalties against smugglers.
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty ImagesNEW YORK — In an effort to crack down on the so-called"iron pipeline" of illegal firearms flooding New York City, four men were arrested Wednesday in a gun trafficking conspiracy case that federal prosecutors said was the first of its kind under a new law that boosts the penalties against smugglers.
The law is the first federal statute specifically aimed at combating gun trafficking by increasing the sentences of those convicted to up to 15 years in prison. The defendants allegedly sold more than 50 illegal guns between January and August of 2022. Two alleged members of the smuggling ring obtained the guns from Virginia and transported them to New York, where some of the weapons were sold to an NYPD undercover officer posing as a drug dealer, according to a detention memo federal prosecutors filed in the case.
The undercover gun purchases occurred primarily in vehicles outside homes in the Breukelen Houses, according to the memo.
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