A twin citizen of Trinidad and Tobago and the US has been sentenced in a Florida court docket for illegally smuggling firearms and ammunition into Trinidad and Tobago, in response to a press release from the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain.
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Videsh Chandoo, 44, was sentenced on June 26 within the U.S. District Court docket for the Southern District of Florida to 18 months in jail, adopted by three years of supervised launch. He pleaded responsible on April 4, 2025, to smuggling seven pistols and 332 rounds of ammunition from the U.S. into Trinidad and Tobago.
The weapons have been intercepted in Port of Spain in July 2023 by Trinidad and Tobago Customs and Excise Division officers throughout an inspection at Shed 10. A joint investigation adopted, involving the Trinidad and Tobago Police Service, U.S. Customs and Border Safety (CBP), the Diplomatic Safety Service, and a number of U.S. federal companies.
Chandoo, who was not extradited, voluntarily traveled to the U.S. in January 2025 to face costs with the help of the U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain. The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Lawyer David Snider.
Authorities credited sturdy bilateral cooperation between the U.S. and Trinidad and Tobago for the profitable end result.
