{"id":53277,"date":"2015-10-14T15:54:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/?p=53277"},"modified":"2015-10-14T15:54:44","modified_gmt":"2015-10-14T19:54:44","slug":"gun-ring-busted-for-trafficking-weapons-to-brooklyn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breaking911.com\/gun-ring-busted-for-trafficking-weapons-to-brooklyn\/","title":{"rendered":"Gun Ring Busted For Trafficking Weapons To Brooklyn"},"content":{"rendered":"
Brooklyn District Attorney<\/a> Ken Thompson and New York City Police Commissioner William J. Bratton, today announced that eight men and women from three states have been charged in a 541-count indictment with conspiracy and other charges for trafficking guns purchased in Atlanta, Georgia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and resold on the streets of Brooklyn.<\/p>\n The weapons recovered during the course of the investigation include 9mm Ruger and Glock pistols, .22 caliber Walther pistols, .40 caliber Smith & Wesson pistols, .45 caliber Taurus pistols, and a variety of assault weapons including multiple .22 long rifle caliber semi-automatic Walther Model MP Uzis, .39 mm caliber semi-automatic Norinco Model SKS, 9mm Luger semi-automatic Jimenez Arms Model JA25 and others.<\/a> <\/a><\/p>\n During the course of the investigation, it is alleged, Michael Bassier made 12 trips to Atlanta, Georgia, using Chinatown buses for transportation, including the Bus2NYC and other Chinatown bus lines. He allegedly brought up to six guns to New York from Atlanta on each trip, which were later brought to Brooklyn and sold to the undercover.<\/p>\n The District Attorney said that the alleged mastermind of the trafficking ring, Michael Bassier, boasted on wiretaps that he was essentially taking advantage of lax gun laws outside of New York to bring firearms into the City.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m selling them the right way and the wrong way. When I\u2019m out of state, like in Atlanta and Georgia and all that, it\u2019s all legal, but New York, it\u2019s completely illegal. So when I bring (expletive) up here and sell it up here, that\u2019s illegal,\u201d Bassier allegedly said in a phone conversation that was intercepted via electronic surveillance.<\/p>\n