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Chicago man charged with trafficking submachine gun, cocaine: feds

By FOX 32 Digital Stafff
Published  July 1, 2021 3:09pm CDT
Crime and Public Safety
FOX 32 Chicago

CHICAGO - A Chicago man is facing federal charges for allegedly trafficking a submachine gun and cocaine in the city, according to a federal indictment.

Josue Canales, 28, was arrested Wednesday for trafficking a loaded Israeli Military Industries Model submachine gun to another person on Dec. 15, 2021, U.S. Attorney John R. Lausch, Jr. said in a statement.

Canales is also accused of distributing cocaine in Chicago on four occasions in 2019, prosecutors said.

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If convicted, Canales faces up to 40 years in federal prison for one of the four drug counts, the attorney's office said. The other drug charges are each punishable by a maximum sentence of 20 years. The gun charge carries a maximum sentence of 10 years.

Canales has already made an initial appearance in federal court in Chicago.

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