Man Busted For Allegedly Selling Smuggled Guns In PLG From North Carolina: Brooklyn DA

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN, BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn District Attorney's office indicted a North Carolina man on Tuesday for allegedly trafficking 33 guns into Brooklyn from his home state, and selling 25 of them to an undercover police officer. Marcus Gamble, 24, is facing charges of criminal sale of a firearm and was ordered held without bail on Tuesday, the Brooklyn DA's office said. According to the investigation, Gamble sold 10 loaded guns to an undercover police officer in Brooklyn on Dec. 5 and 15 loaded guns to the officer on Dec. 13, making a total of around $27,000. All of the sales occurred in a car around Flatbush Avenue and Maple Street in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, according to the investigation.

Gamble was about to sell more guns on Dec. 20 when he was arrested in the Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Golden Krust at 568 Flatbush Ave., the Brooklyn DA's office said. Cops found eight guns and parts of an assault rifle in his book bag upon arresting him, according to the indictment.

The guns Gamble allegedly smuggled were, for the most part, pistols and revolvers, cops said. He bought some of them legally in North Carolina and stole others, according to police. Gamble grew up in NYC and has family in Brooklyn and has been living in North Carolina for a few years, according to the investigation.

Gamble's indictment comes a week after the Brooklyn DA charged three East NY-area residents with smuggling 40 handguns into Brooklyn from South Carolina and selling them for thousands of dollars.

"The pistols and revolvers that were recovered as part of this investigation are exactly the type of guns that are used to commit violence on our streets," Acting Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez said.

"This one individual was able to readily bring 33 illegal firearms into New York City for sale within a two week period," NYPD Police Commissioner James O'Neill said. "This case is yet another clear example of how the lax gun laws and regulations in other areas of our country can directly impact the crime fighting efforts of New York."

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