A San­ta Cruz man al­leged to be a se­nior mem­ber of the Re­sis­tance Gang, who was held in con­nec­tion with a re­port­ed plot to kill two de­fence at­tor­neys, has been charged with traf­fick­ing in firearms.

The 36-year-old ap­peared be­fore High Court Mas­ter Adia Mo­hammed on Tues­day and was re­mand­ed in cus­tody with­out bail.

He was ar­rest­ed on Ju­ly 30 with what po­lice de­scribed as a “so­phis­ti­cat­ed weapon,” which was sup­pos­ed­ly go­ing to be used in the as­sas­si­na­tion of the two lawyers.