Two alleged gun traffickers held without bail for transporting weapons, drugs from Georgia to southeast Queens: DA - QNS

"Teddy Gaston, 39, of Linden Boulevard, and Jezerel Huston, 41, of Macon, Georgia, were arraigned Sept. 9 in Queens Supreme Court on a 194-count indictment charging them with criminal sale of a firearm and other weapons charges, criminal sale of a ghost gun, criminal sale of a controlled substance, conspiracy and other related crimes. A six-month joint investigation with the NYPD and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) revealed that the duo allegedly worked in concert to purchase firearms in Georgia and transport the weapons to be sold in Southeast Queens."

""As alleged, these defendants peddled weapons and narcotics - running firearms, assault rifles and at least one ghost gun up from the South to be sold in our borough," Queens District Attorney Melinda Katz said during a press conference on Friday morning. "We are determined to dismantle the Iron Pipeline that places countless lives at risk, and we will prosecute any gun traffickers who take advantage of lax gun laws in other states to bring dangerous guns into Queens County.""

"According to the indictment and the investigation, members of the Queens District Attorney's office, the NYPD, and HSI began a firearm trafficking investigation involving Gaston, known on the streets as "JD Yikes, and Huston in March. Huston would allegedly procure firearms in Georgia, transport them to New York, and provide them to Gaston, who would then sell the weapons in Queens. An undercover officer conducted eight controlled buys with the defendants between April 7 and Aug. 29."

A Queens grand jury returned a 194-count indictment charging Teddy Gaston and Jezerel Huston with criminal sale of firearms, a ghost gun, controlled substance sales, conspiracy, and related crimes. A six-month joint investigation by the NYPD and Homeland Security Investigations alleges the pair purchased firearms in Georgia and transported them to southeast Queens for sale. Investigators conducted multiple undercover buys, many occurring in a Rosedale McDonald's parking lot, that yielded more than 70 firearms, ammunition, and drugs and resulted in significant seizures. Prosecutors stated an intent to dismantle the so-called Iron Pipeline and prosecute traffickers exploiting lax southern gun laws.

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