A man who tried to smuggle 72 firearms parts in a car shipped from Pakistan to the United Kingdom has today been jailed for eight years.Yasir Khan, 40, pleaded guilty after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation proved he was behind the bid to smuggle 36 top slides and 36 barrels for 9mm Glock self-loading pistols in a 1976 Datsun Sunny.NCA officers began an investigation and Khan, who claimed he was a car dealer, was arrested by officers from the agency's Armed Operations Unit on July 12 2

A man who tried to smuggle 72 firearms parts in a car shipped from Pakistan to the United Kingdom has today been jailed for eight years.Yasir Khan, 40, pleaded guilty after a National Crime Agency (NCA) investigation proved he was behind the bid to smuggle 36 top slides and 36 barrels for 9mm Glock self-loading pistols in a 1976 Datsun Sunny.NCA officers began an investigation and Khan, who claimed he was a car dealer, was arrested by officers from the agency's Armed Operations Unit on July 12 2024 in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter.