N.Y. troopers nab Canadians, Pakistani on alleged gun smuggling run into Canada

Three “inconsistent and evasive” men pulled over for a traffic stop in New York State were found with a cache of 89 firearms they were attempting to smuggle into Canada, say U.S. authorities.

Canadian citizen Malik Bromfield, 22, Pakistani citizen Faizan Ali, 25, and Kamal Salman, 22, a citizen of Canada, the United States, and Jordan were charged after a joint operation involving New York State Police (NYSP), the FBI and theU.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

The three men “were caught transporting more than 80 guns, including short-barreled rifles and stolen firearms, to smuggle them out of the country,” said Jay Clayton, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, in a statement released on Friday.

New York state troopers pulled over the trio’s rented white Ford Explorer shortly after 6 p.m. on May 7 after observing traffic violations on State Route 90. Police asked the three men to get out for questioning.

During the course of the roadside interview, the troopers “observed that the defendants were providing inconsistent and evasive accounts in response to NYSP questioning,” according to a sworn complaint by FBI Special Agent Brian Jennings.

A sniffer dog was used to conduct a sweep of the exterior of the Explorer, and a preliminary search turned up an unusually heavy suitcase. It was found to contain a large cache of firearms. The troopers also found approximately $3,000 in United States currency, in $100 bills, in the glovebox, said Jennings.

FBI New York, @SDNYnews, @nyspolice, and @ATFNewYork announced the arrests of Malik Bromfield, Faizan Ali, and Kamal Salman, who are charged with attempting to smuggle nearly 90 firearms from the United States to Canada."These three defendants, including two foreign nationals,… pic.twitter.com/UQCunh4RgS

— FBI New York (@NewYorkFBI) May 8, 2026

The FBI complaint was subsequently filed in the U.S. District Court. It sets out the charges against the suspects.

Each man has been charged with one count of smuggling from the United States, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison; one count of unlicensed dealing in firearms, which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison; one count of transporting stolen firearms in interstate commerce, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison; and one count of unlawful possession of firearms, which carries a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison.

“The quantity and variety of firearms … is wholly inconsistent with possession of firearms for personal use and instead consistent with the transport and trafficking of firearms for sale and distribution,” said Jennings.

Bromfield is also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by an alien, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. Police said he was the driver, and that they seized a cellphone from him.

“Visible on the lock screen of that cellphone, on an apparent GPS navigation application, was a certain address in or near Hammond, New York, which, based on my research, is located immediately across the St. Lawrence River from Ontario, Canada,” said Jennings.

The investigation showed that the Explorer had been spotted northbound on the I-95 in Jupiter, Fla., the previous day, police said.

Among the firearms recovered from the Ford Explorer were at least 17 firearms determined by the FBI to have been previously reported stolen.

The complaint states that none of the suspects “hold a license as an importer, manufacturer, or dealer of firearms.” Neither had any of them “applied for, or received a license to export firearms or ammunition.”

A Pakistani national was among three men arrested by the FBI in New York over an alleged plot to smuggle 89 firearms into Canada.Investigators said at least 17 weapons were stolen, while the suspects now face multiple federal firearms and smuggling charges carrying lengthy… pic.twitter.com/RZa4BL9gsO

— India Today Global (@ITGGlobal) May 9, 2026

The prosecution is being handled by the U.S. Attorney’s Office in White Plains, New York. The suspects appeared before a U.S. magistrate in White Plains federal court and were detained.

• Suspect, 18, identified after three shot at outside Toronto synagogue
• Liberals say more than 22,000 government-banned guns declared in first week of 'buyback' launch

Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here.