Inmate Sentenced to 25 years for Operating State Prison Gun Trafficking Ring
· Texas Border Business
A 38-year-old man from Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for orchestrating a gun trafficking ring while incarcerated. Shawn Bisnauth pleaded guilty to conspiring to make illegal 'straw purchases' of firearms for drug cartel members. From 2022 to 2024, he directed the operation using a contraband cell phone from prison, facilitating the purchase of at least eight firearms, including high-caliber rifles. These weapons were then sent to Texas and exchanged for narcotics. His sentence will run consecutively to his existing state sentence, and he remains in custody pending transfer to a federal facility.
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