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Jet-Ski Gun Smuggling Ring Busted Across NY-Canada Border

5/15/2026

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Investigators found the ring used jet skis to ferry firearms across New York-Canada border via the Akwesasne reserve.
Justin Jackson, Melissa Longe, Dustin Tuttle, Caleb Wilcott and Doug Mulligan pleaded guilty, leaving five others facing charges.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Homeland Security Investigations charged eight Akwesasne Mohawk residents—including Ranonkwatseronhawi Gibson, Tayson Terrance, Nash Oakes, Montana Cook and Conrad Oakes—and recovered smuggled guns at Canadian violent-crime scenes.

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Investigators found the ring used jet skis to ferry firearms across New York-Canada border via the Akwesasne reserve.
Justin Jackson, Melissa Longe, Dustin Tuttle, Caleb Wilcott and Doug Mulligan pleaded guilty, leaving five others facing charges.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Homeland Security Investigations charged eight Akwesasne Mohawk residents—including Ranonkwatseronhawi Gibson, Tayson Terrance, Nash Oakes, Montana Cook and Conrad Oakes—and recovered smuggled guns at Canadian violent-crime scenes.