Two Trinidad and Tobago nationals are among three who have pled guilty to arms trafficking in the United States.
According to a statement from the US Embassy, United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced that Tevin OBrian Oliver (30, Homestead), Jameal Kaia Phillip (30, Trinidad and Tobago), and Edward Soloman King III (31, Tampa) have pleaded guilty to federal charges.
Oliver and Phillip are both nationals of Trinidad.
They pleaded to conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States, and King pleaded guilty to disposing of a firearm to an alien who had been admitted to the United States under a nonimmigrant visa.
The statement noted that Oliver and Phillip each face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.
It added that King faces a maximum penalty of 15 years in federal prison.
The defendants also agreed to forfeit various firearms, ammunition, and related items, which facilitated the offences.
