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A TRINIDAD and Tobago national pleaded guilty and was sentenced to over four years in a federal prison in the United States for his role in a multi-year firearms smuggling operation.

According to a statement from the United States Embassy, Port of Spain, Shem Wayne Alexander, 36, of Port of Spain, was sentenced by US District Judge John L Badalamenti to four years and nine months in prison for conspiracy to smuggle firearms from the United States to Trinidad and Tobago.

The court also ordered Alexander to forfeit firearms seized during the offence.