A 42-year-old man from Burbank has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for selling illegal firearms, with the intent of also selling illicit narcotics, out of a hookah lounge he owned in downtown Los Angeles, authorities announced Monday.
Arrested in Jan. 2021 , Hovik Dagesian pleaded guilty in Sept. 2023 to one count of engaging in the business of dealing in firearms without a license and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.
A search warrant executed at the time of his arrest revealed nearly six ounces of methamphetamine, a digital scale, some 215 rounds of ammunition and a range of firearms, including a sawed-off shotgun he had available for sale, prosecutors said.
“From October 2020 to January 2021, Dagesian illegally sold 11 firearms – including firearms not bearing serial numbers, weapons that are referred to as “ghost guns,” a news release from the United States Attorney’s Office, Central California District, stated.
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