Authorities said Friday they've broken up a major gun trafficking ring in Queens.
NEW YORK - Authorities said Friday they've broken up a major gun trafficking ring in Queens. A sprawling 259-page, 579-count indictment charges Deundre Wright, 22, Abner Sparkes, 31, and Ethan Charles, 22, with trafficking and selling 184 guns in Queens. Authorities allege the weapons include assault rifles, pistols, high-capacity magazines and ammunition. Authorities say the investigation took place between March and July of this year.
'This investigation shut down a major gun trafficking operation that brought a flood of dangerous weapons, including assault weapons, from North Carolina into New York City in the span of just a few months,' Attorney General Letitia James said. 'The removal of over 150 firearms, which includes numerous assault weapons and semiautomatic pistols, just made the streets of New York City and our neighborhoods safer,' DEA New York Division Special Agent in Charge Frank Tarentino said.
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