HOUSTON, Texas — A 53-year-old Humble resident has been sentenced to federal prison for providing false information on federally mandated firearms records, according to U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. Yashab Idnan Sandhu pleaded guilty on July 24, 2023.
U.S. District Judge Andrew Hanen sentenced Sandhu to 42 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release. “The Southern District of Texas is pleased to have worked with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to have intercepted this shipment of guns before they reached Iraq,” said Ganjei.
The investigation began on March 13, 2020, when authorities discovered a cache of handguns concealed in a shipping crate addressed to Iraq at a Port of Houston warehouse. Approximately 473 handguns were recovered, including 38 pistols with obliterated serial numbers, according to the press release…