MIAMI — Federal authorities say a gun trafficking investigation with ties to Florida and Canada is “far from over” after agents arrested five men accused of moving dozens of weapons across the border and fueling violent crime.
U.S. Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe for the Middle District of Florida and Cheryl Harrell, special agent in charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives Tampa Field Division, announced the charges this week, saying the case involves a “sophisticated transnational criminal organization.”
Investigators said Alfredo Santana, 32, of Miami, Tyler Corbin, 25, of Tampa, and three Canadian nationals, Omar Singateth, 24, Edward Noel, 26, and Arif Jhuman, 39, are accused of trafficking nearly 30 guns into Canada between October 2023 and June 2024…