A Trinidad and Tobago national has been sentenced to federal prison in the United States for his role in a multi-year firearms smuggling operation.

Shem Wayne Alexander, 36, of Port of Spain, Trinidad, was sentenced by U.S. 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. Alexander had previously pleaded guilty, U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announced.

Court records indicate that between April 2019 and April 2022, Alexander and his co-conspirators exported more than 200 firearms, including pistols, revolvers, shotguns, AR-15 components, and ammunition, from Florida to Trinidad and Tobago.