Federal authorities announced they uprooted a \u201cfirearm pipeline\u201d that moved guns from New Hampshire into Canada by way of a Mohawk tribal nation straddling the international border.<\/p>\n
Authorities say that some of the weapons were traced to murders and kidnappings in Canada. They say that purchased made in the U.S. were then passed through the Akwesasne Mohawk tribal nation, which straddles the borders of New York state and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.<\/p>\n
U.S. Attorney for New Hampshire Erin Creegan said at a press conference in Concord that defendant Justin Jackson orchestrated a \u201cfirearm pipeline\u201d that placed guns purchased in straw sales in New Hampshire into the hands of Canadian criminals.<\/p>\n
\u201cLet me be clear. Straw purchases have real consequences,\u201d Creegan said. \u201cIf you lie on the forms and purchase firearms on behalf of another person, you are not only committing a federal crime yourself, you are potentially placing weapons in the hands of violent criminals.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jackson was indicted in February with one count each of conspiracy to straw purchase and firearms trafficking conspiracy in a case originally investigated by the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.<\/p>\n
Boston ATF Special agent in Charge Thomas Greco said that the multifaceted case, which identified the trafficking of 51 guns, some of which were involved in murders and kidnappings in Canada, \u201creflects the complexity of cross-border arms trafficking.\u201d<\/p>\n
On Thursday, Creegan and Greco as well as other authorities, including police chiefs for the Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Police and Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service, announced that eight people had been charged in the international gunsmuggling ring. Five of them have pleaded guilty to their roles.<\/p>\n
A memo filed in Jackson\u2019s case outlines that Jackson, who could not legally purchase firearms himself, used two co defendants, Melissa Longe and Dustin Tuttle, to purchase firearms on his behalf, for which he would pay them a fee of $100 per gun.<\/p>\n
Jackson allegedly told authorities \u201cthat he was trafficking the firearms to make money because he was afraid of losing his house,\u201d the detention document states.<\/p>\n
A Glock Model 26 pistol recovered by police in Montreal, Canada, as part of a kidnapping investigation was traced and found to have been purchased by Tuttle at American Trikes & Motorsports in Keene, New Hampshire, in October 2023, according to the detention memo.<\/p>\n
That same memo states that six firearms \u201crecovered as part of various criminal investigations in Canada\u201d were traced to purchases made by Longe.<\/p>\n
While authorities on Thursday announced that 51 guns had been identified as part of the operation, the February indictment includes a list of 44 guns, meaning more have been identified as the investigation continues.<\/p>\n
The guns<\/p>\n
The following guns were identified as being part of the alleged international gunsmuggling operation at the time of Jackson\u2019s February indictment:<\/p>\n
American Tactical Imports FXH-45 .45 cal. pistol
\nArmscor 1911A1 .45 cal. pistol
\nBersa BP9CC 9mm pistol
\nBersa Thunder 380 .380 cal. pistol
\nCanik Mete 9mm pistol
\nCanik TP-9SF 9mm pistol
\nCentury Arms VSKA 7.62 cal. rifle
\nCharter Arms Shamrock .38 cal. revolver
\nColt M1911A1 .45 cal. pistol
\nColt MKIV .45 cal. pistol
\nFN Fiveseven 5.7 cal. pistol
\nGerman Sports Guns Firefly .22 cal. pistol
\nGlock 17 9mm pistol
\nGlock 21 Gen4 .45 cal. pistol
\nGlock 26 9mm pistol
\nGlock 27 .40 cal. pistol
\nGlock 28 .380 cal. pistol
\nGlock 30 .45 cal. pistol
\nGlock 34 9mm pistol
\nGlock 43 9mm pistol
\nGlock 48 9mm pistol
\nGlock G19M 9mm pistol
\nKahr Arms Auto Ordinance 1911A1 .45 cal. pistol
\nMagnum Research Desert Eagle .44 cal. pistol
\nMossberg MC2C 9mm pistol
\nPara-Ordnance LDA Carry .45 cal. pistol
\nRuger American Pistol 9mm pistol
\nRuger P95DC 9mm pistol
\nRuger Security-9 9mm pistol
\nSAR 9 9mm pistol
\nS.C. Nova Grup Draco 9S 9mm pistol
\nSCCY DVG-1 9mm pistol
\nSmith & Wesson Bodyguard .380 cal. pistol
\nSmith & Wesson Bodyguard .38 cal. revolver
\nSmith & Wesson M&P Bodyguard 380 .380 cal. pistol
\nSmith & Wesson SD9 9mm pistol
\nTaurus 605 .357 cal. revolver
\nTaurus 856 .38 cal. revolver
\nTaurus 905 9mm revolver
\nThree Taurus G2C 9mm pistols
\nTisas Trabzon Gun Industry Corp .45 cal. pistol
\nZastava ZPAP 92 7.62mm pistol<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Federal authorities announced they uprooted a \u201cfirearm pipeline\u201d that moved guns from New Hampshire into Canada by way…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45454,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,20220,20218,6795,219,8704,20219,8404,4828,116],"class_list":{"0":"post-45453","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-crime-public-safety","10":"tag-guns","11":"tag-latest-headlines","12":"tag-local-news","13":"tag-nation","14":"tag-native-american","15":"tag-new-hampshire","16":"tag-new-york","17":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45453","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45453"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45453\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45453"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45453"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45453"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}