Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz holds a press conference in the Queens D.A.’s office about an interstate gun trafficking ring
Three cousins were busted in an interstate gun trafficking ring as authorities wiped 109 guns — including 20 assault weapons — off the streets of the Big Apple, Queens prosecutors said Monday.
The massive takedown – dubbed Operation Chainline – also netted 139 high-capacity magazines and hundreds of rounds of ammunition, officials said. The first sting took place on June 10, when Mutalib sold the undercover cop a dozen guns with unloaded magazines, as well as 10 large-capacity magazines, according to the DA’s office.Then on June 27, the officer bought 16 semi-automatic pistols, also with unloaded magazines, three rifles, one shotgun and 900 rounds of 9 mm ammunition from Mutalib, officials said. An undercover NYPD cop purchased the weapons in the parking lot of an Astoria P.C. Richard & Son, officials said.
In total, the officer managed to take 97 guns, including 17 assault weapons off the street during the Astoria exchanges with the alleged smugglers.“Every illegal gun taken off the street, every robbery that is avoided, every shooting that does not occur, and every homicide that never comes to pass, is another realization of the public safety promise we have vowed to fulfill,” Caban said.
Once the pair parked in Staten Island, a search warrant was executed and the two men were arrested, according to the Queens DA’s office.
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