‘Operation Peachtree’ nabs 2 men selling guns in NYC (PHOTOS)

By Chris Eger

Anthony Black, 33, left, of Savannah, Georgia, and Rasheem Greene, 24, of Lake Park, Florida, were arrested for their role in what police describe as a gun trafficking scheme up the so-called “Iron Pipeline” (Photos: Queens DA’s Office)
New York authorities announced Friday two men were arrested for their involvement in a conspiracy to traffic firearms to the city from Georgia and Florida.
Anthony Black, 33, of Savannah, and Rasheem Greene, 24, of Lake Park, Florida, were charged with multiple counts of criminal possession and sale of a firearm and unlawful possession of pistol or revolver ammo.
In a joint statement, Queens District Attorney Richard A. Brown, and NYPD Commissioner James P. O’Neill, said the men sold 13 handguns in four different buys between February 2016 and last month to undercover officers at a Home Depot parking lot in a Queens park.
Brown called out the latest sting as further proof of the existence of the “Iron Pipeline,” the corridor up I-95 from southern states with comparatively lax firearm laws to New York, which has some of the strictest gun laws in the country.
He argued “greedy unlicensed gun sellers use to unlawfully bring their deadly wares to New York, putting the lives of honest

Source: Guns.com